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The uninhabited island might have been first sighted by the expedition led by Dom Pedro Mascarenhas, who gave his name to the island group around Réunion, the Mascarenes. [12] Réunion itself was dubbed Santa Apolónia after a favourite saint , [ 11 ] which suggests that the date of the Portuguese discovery could have been 9 February, her ...
Marie Anne Thérèse Ombline Desbassayns (3 July 1755 – 4 February 1846) was a French planter and slave trader on the French island of La Réunion.She was one of the most prominent slave planters of the island after she was widowed in 1800 and until death, and played a significant role in the economy and slave industry of the colony.
Women from Réunion by occupation (3 C) B. Beauty pageant winners from Réunion (4 P) Pages in category "Women from Réunion" The following 7 pages are in this ...
Laurence Deroin first came to Reunion Island at the age of 30 in 1954, when her father-in-law Raymond Vergès wanted her husband Paul to take over the PCF federation in Reunion. She was an activist in the Union of French Women, and was one of the founders of the Union of Women of Reunion (UFR) in 1958. After running a bookshop in Saint-Denis ...
Keiiti Aki, professor, seismologist, author and mentor; Edmond Albius, horticulturalist; Gilbert Aubry, Bishop of St-Denis; Joseph Bédier, academic and member of the Académie française (born in Paris to Réunionnais parents, raised on the island)
In 1981, she attended the Women's International Democratic Federation in Czechoslovakia, where she met former First Lady of Chile Hortensia Bussi, the first female astronaut Valentina Tereshkova, and the South African activist Dulcie September, which influenced her to pursue politics on her own.
Women from Réunion (2 C, 7 P) C. Centenarians from Réunion (2 P) D. People of Réunion descent (4 C, 1 P) L. Legendary people from Réunion (1 P)
Women from Réunion in politics (10 P) S. Sportswomen from Réunion (1 C, 7 P) W. Women writers from Réunion (4 P) This page was last edited on 2 May 2023, at 02:49 ...