Polity Antongila Kingdom

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Was a precolonial kingdom in Madagascar.

Establishment

  • April 1773: Benyovszky Volunteers", to set up a French colony on Madagascar establishing a trading-post at Antongila on the east coast. He is eventually proclaimed to be the supreme chief and king (Ampansacabe) by a group of locals.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • April 1774: This expedition arrived in Madagascar in November 1773 and were fully established there by the end of March 1774. They set up a trading-post at Antongil on the east coast.
  • July 1779: Trading post of Antongila dismantled by order of the France.

Disestablishment

  • July 1779: Trading post of Antongila dismantled by order of the France.