barbados
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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
Barbados (Portugal)
Barbados (Great Britain)
Barbados
Establishment
January 1533: The Portuguese Empire, under the leadership of King John III, claimed the island of Barbados between 1532 and 1536. This marked the beginning of Portuguese presence in the region before eventually being taken over by the British in the 17th century.
Chronology
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Was a succession crisis caused by the death of the King of Portugal without heirs. The conflict saw two main claimants to the Portuguese throne: António, Prior of Crato, proclaimed in several towns as King of Portugal, and his first cousin Philip II of Spain, who eventually succeeded in claiming the crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
October 1580: Philip II of Spain succeeded in claiming the Portuguese crown, reigning as Philip I of Portugal.
Was a revolution in England and Scotland that led to the deposition of Catholic King James II.
November 1688: By November 1688 William of Orange, who was Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and his wife Mary, were in control of England and Wales. They would later become King and Queen of Great Britain.
January 1621: Barbados was the only Caribbean possession the Portuguese ever held, until Portugal abandoned the island in 1620.
February 1627: The first English ship, which had arrived in Barbados on 14 May 1625, was captained by John Powell. The first settlement began on 17 February 1627.
March 1702: As William III of England was also the de facto ruler of the Dutch Republic (as Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic), the Personal Union between Netherlands and Great Britain ended at his death.
November 1966: Barbados became an independent state and Commonwealth realm with Elizabeth II as its queen.
Selected Sources
Fernández Álvarez, M. (1998): Felipe II y su tiempo, cuarta edición, p. 523
Israel, J. I. (1995): The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, Clarendon Press, pp. 959-960
