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THE EUROPEANS

The Caribbean was one of the earliest projects of European colonization in what we now call the "Atlantic World." Europeans came into contact with the Caribbean after Columbus's momentous journeys in 1492, 1496 and 1498. The arrival of Europeans proved disastrous for the people of the Caribbean. For example, within 20 years, it is estimated that native population of Hispaniola dropped from one million to 30,000.

DATE	EVENT
1509	Spanish settle JAMAICA
1511	HAVANA, CUBA founded by de Valzqurz
1523	SPANISH TOWN, JAMAICA established
1530	Spanish settle TRINIDAD
1543	Portuguese land in BERMUDA
1562	SANTIAGO, SANTO DOMINGO, destroyed by earthquake is rebuilt.
1564	French expedition discovers ANGUILLA
1583	Sir. F. Drake sacks SANTO DOMINGO. Drake lands at CAYMAN ISLANDS
1592	Town of ST.JOSEPH, TRINIDAD established by de Berrio y Oruna
1605	67 Englishmen try to settle ST.LUCIA
1625	Dutch and English settle ST.CROIX, VI
1627	English settle BARBADOS
1629	English from the Carolinas settle BAHAMAS. (SEE 1647) French settle northern ST. MAARTEN
1631	Dutch settle southern ST. MAARTEN
1632	English from St. Kitts colonize ANTIGUA. Shipwreck English land at SABA. Thomas Warner brings English and Irish Catholics from ST.KITTS and establish colony on MONTSERRAT. English colonize ANTIGUA
1633-- 48	Spanish occupy ST.MAARTEN
1634	Dutch settle CURACAO
1635	French settle MARTINIQUE & GUADELOUPE. French claim SABA.
1635--74	Private co. Compangnie dis Iles, owns MARTINIQUE
1636	Dutch capture BONAIRE, Aruba and Curacau from Spain
1638	French attempt to settle GRENADA. English from BERMUDA & ST. KITTS settle ST. LUCIA, settlers killed by Caribs three years later
1639	Dutch colonize ST.EUSTATIUS, and build FT.ORANJE.
1640	Dutch settle SABA, build two communities, Trent Bay and The Bottoms
1642	King of France ceded ST. LUCIA to French West India Co. Courlanders settle the north side of TOBAGO.
1644	Peter Stuyversant attack ST. MAARTEN
1645	Dutch abandon ST.CROIX for ST.EUSTATIUS & ST.MAARTEN. French from Dieppe settle ST. BARTHELEMY
1648	March 23. Treaty of Mount Coneordia, officially divides ST.MAARTEN between the French and the Dutch
1650--1730	Spanish repossess ST.CROIX French from MARTINIQUE settle GRENADA, establish St. George's English settle ANGUILLA
1655	English land at JAMAICA, captured by Sir. William Penn British take JAMAICA, Spanish settlers flee to CUBA
1660	Spanish abandon JAMAICA English renew claim on ST.LUCIA
1665	St. Thomas colonized by the Danish
1666	BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS fall into British hands French occupy ANTIGUA
1667	August 19 - Hurricane recorded in Barbados September 1 - Hurricane recorded in St. Christopher's
1670	Treaty of Madrid transfer JAMAICA to the British October 7 - Hurricane recorded in Jamaica
1672	TORTOLA annexed to BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS ST. BARTHELEMY purchased by Compangie des Iles
1674	French Government purchase MARTINIQUE
1759	British occupy GUADELOUPE
1762	English occupy MARTINIQUE British capture GRENADA
1762--1763	DOMINICA ceded to Britain
1763	British capture and hold CUBA Feb. 10, Treaty of Paris signed, France cedes GRENADA , TOBAGO and DOMINICA to the British.
1778	French control ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
1779	French regain control of GRENADA
1782	French expel British from ST.EUSTATIUS
1783	Treaty of Versailles, French return GRENADA, ST. VINCENT & The GRENADINES and MONTSERRAT to the British.
1784	Spain cedes ST. LUCIA and DOMINICA to the British
1794	British capture PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
1794--1802	English occupy MARTINIQUE
1800	English take CURACAO
1801--1802	British occupy the DANISH WEST INDIES( Virgin Islands)
1816	Dutch control CURACAO
1874	TURKS & CAICOS are annexed to JAMAICA
1877	TOBAGO becomes a CROWN colony
1888	TOBAGO amalgamated politically with TRINIDAD
1898	Spain cedes PUERTO RICO to the United States.

Articles
	The Coming of the Europeans
Thematic Links
	The Coming of the Europeans Country Studies & Country Guide for Guyana . www.1upinfo.com/country-guide-study/guyana/guyana14.html
	The European Settlements Country Studies & Country Guide for Caribbean Islands . www.1upinfo.com/country-guide-study/caribbean-islands/caribbean-island...
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