a na-akpọ agwaetiti ahụ aha Spanish nke onye Galician admiral na-eje ozi na Portugal (Xoán da Nova ma ọ bụ de Novoa na Galician; João da Nova na Portuguese) onye bịara n'àgwàetiti ahụ na 1501. Ọ dịghị onye bi n'àgwàetiti ahụ mgbe ọ ghọrọ ihe onwunwe nke France na 1897. Na 1921, France kpebiri ịnyefe nchịkwa nke Juan de Nova site na Paris na Tananarive na ógbè ya nke Madagascar na Dependencies. Tupu nnwere onwe nke Madagascar, France zigara nchịkwa na Saint-Pierre na Réunion Island. Madagascar ghọrọ onye nweere onwe ya na 1960 ma kwuo na ọ bụ ikike n'àgwàetiti ahụ kemgbe 1972. A na-erigbu guano (phosphate) site na mmalite nke narị afọ nke 20 ruo 1970. A gbahapụrụ agwaetiti ahụ n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ ma ndị German na-agba ụgbọ mmiri na-eleta ya.
Afọ 1960