| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | GOVERNOR | 
| 1794 | 17 may | Part of UK Colony of Mauritius | 
| 1903 | november | UK Crown Colony | Ernest Bickham Sweet-Escott | 
| 1904 |  |  | William Edward Davidson | 
| 1912 |  |  | Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien | 
| 1918 |  |  | Eustace Edward Twistleton-Wykeham-Fiennes | 
| 1922 |  |  | Sir Joseph Aloysius Byrne | 
| 1927 |  |  | Malcolm Stevenson | 
| 1928 |  |  | Sir de Symonds Montagu George Honey | 
| 1934 |  |  | Sir Gordon James Lethem | 
| 1936 |  |  | Sir Arthur Francis Grimble | 
| 1942 | 5 january |  | Sir William Marston Logan | 
| 1947 | july |  | Sir Percy Selwyn Selwyn-Clarke | 
| 1951 | 14 may |  | Sir Frederick Crawford | 
| 1953 | 31 may |  | Sir William Addis | 
| 1958 | january |  | Sir John Kingsmill Thorp |