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From Madagascar to the Malagasy Republic, Greenwood Press, ... "Madagascar 1800-80". In J. F. Ade Ajayi (ed.). Africa in the Nineteenth Century until the 1880s.
1800 - Population: 15,000 (approximate estimate). [4] 1840 - Manjakamiadana built in the Rova of Antananarivo (palace). 1872 - British missionary church built. [5] 1895 City besieged and captured by French forces during the Second Madagascar expedition. [6] French colonists rename city "Tananarive." [4] Population: 50,000-75,000 (approximate ...
The Kingdom of Merina, also known as the Kingdom of Madagascar and officially the Kingdom of Imerina (Malagasy: Fanjakan'Imerina; c. 1540 –1897), was a pre-colonial state off the coast of Southeast Africa that, by the 18th century, dominated most of what is now Madagascar.
In the early 1880s however, the French colonial faction, the right-wing Catholic lobby and Réunion parliamentarians all advocated an invasion of Madagascar in order to suppress British influence there. [3] The non-respect of the Lambert Charter and the letter to Napoleon III were used by the French as the pretext to invade Madagascar in 1883. [2]
At some point prior to 1800, [15] as the community of nobles inhabiting the Rova grew, the hilltop was lowered by 9.1 metres (30 ft) to expand the amount of level land available for construction. Consequently, among the hills of Antananarivo, the hilltop of Analamanga is now second in height to that of Ambohimitsimbina to the south.
Ranavalona's reign was marked by a struggle between France and Britain to increase their influence in Madagascar. [38] The French, who held several small islands off Madagascar, were interested in gaining control over the main island but this move was opposed by the British who had an interest in maintaining a secure passage to India ...
The region was part of the Imerina Kingdom for much of the 1800s and part of the French colony of Madagascar from the late 1800s to 1960. Its exports have included human slaves (shipped to the Mascarene Islands and the United States in the 1700s), live cattle (exported to Réunion for almost 300 years), sisal , natural rubber , rosy periwinkle ...
Madagascar was at the time an independent country, ruled from the capital of Antananarivo by the Merina dynasty from the central highlands. [1] The French invasion was triggered by the refusal of Queen Ranavalona III to accept a protectorate treaty from France, [2] despite the signature of the Franco-Hova Treaty of 1885 following the First Madagascar expedition. [3]