France The first agreed date for a landing on the uninhabited islands was 1690, by a British ship, but the islands remained uninhabited until the French 1764 established Port Louis in 1764 and the British founded Port Egmont in 1766.
In December 2019 the wreck of what ship was discovered close to the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas); it had sunk in battle almost exactly 105 years earlier carrying down the Vice Admiral of its fleet?
