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I thought this was funny. Check out this timeline of the occupation history of St. Martin, a French/Dutch island in the Caribbean:
(from Wikipedia)
(from Wikipedia)
- Circa AD 800 -- Settled by Arawak Indians who arrived from South America; The Kalinago followed later and gave the island the name Soualiga, or Land of Salt.
- November 11, 1493 -- Claimed for Spain by Columbus, named Isla de San MartÃn upon his arrival.
- 1624 -- Some French cultivate tobacco in French Quarter.
- 1631 -- Dutch small colony on Groot Baai ("Great Bay") to collect salt.
- 1633-1648 -- The Spanish navy captures Saint Martin from the Dutch until the peace of Westhpalia. Spanish army from Puerto Rico builds the first military fort.[citation needed]
- March 23, 1648 -- Divided into French (north) and Dutch (south) zones (Dutch zone subordinate to Sint Eustatius until 1672).
- 1679-1689 -- French occupy entire island.
- 1689-1792 -- Dutch zone under Dutch West India Company administration.
- 1690-1699 -- English occupy entire island.
- 1699-1702 -- French occupy entire island.
- 1703-1717 -- Dutch occupy entire island.
- February 24, 1779 - February 3, 1781 -- French occupy entire island.
- February 3, 1781 - November 26, 1781 -- British occupy entire island.
- May 18, 1793 - April 5, 1794 -- Dutch administer entire island.
- April 29, 1795 - March 24, 1801 -- French occupy entire island.
- March 24, 1801 - December 1, 1802 -- British occupy entire island.
- July 9, 1810 -- Annexed along with the Netherlands by France (not effected).
- 1810-1816 -- British occupy entire island.
- 1816 -- French and Dutch zones restored.
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