Union of the Comoros الاتحاد القمري (Arabic) al-Ittiḥād al-Qumurī/Qamarī Union des Comores (French) Udzima wa Komori (Swahili)
• Discovery by Portuguese explorers | 1503
• Ngazidja, Ndzuwani, Mwali under French rule | 1886
• Protectorate of the Comoros | 6 September 1887
• Territory under French Madagascar | 9 April 1908
• Overseas territory | 27 October 1946
• State of Comoros | 22 December 1961
• Independence from France | 6 July 1975
• Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros | 24 May 1978
• Union of the Comoros | 23 December 2001
• Current constitution | 17 May 2009