1764
Rule of Falkland Islands
The first settlement, called Port St. Louis, is founded by the French military commander Louis Antoine de Bougainville on Berkeley Sound, in present-day Port Louis, East Falkland
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The first settlement, called Port St. Louis, is founded by the French military commander Louis Antoine de Bougainville on Berkeley Sound, in present-day Port Louis, East Falkland
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