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Name: tortola

Type: Cluster

Start: 1601 AD

End: 1697 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Tortola (England)
  • Tortola (Great britain)
  • Tertholen (Brandenburg-Prussia Colony)
  • Establishment


  • January 1601: In the late 16th century, the English, who had successfully settled the area contesting claims by the Dutch, established a permanent plantation colony on Tortola and the surrounding islands.
  • Chronology


    Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

    1. Personal Union of Scotland and England


    In 1603, James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, who had died childless, joining Scotland with England in a personal union.

  • March 1603: James VI of Scotland became King of England, joining Scotland with England in a personal union.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1649: The Dutch established a permanent settlement on the island of Tortola by 1648.

  • January 1697: Establishment of the Brandenburg-Prussia Colony of Tertholen on the Caribbean Island of Tortola.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1698: Tertholen was transferred to the British Virgin Islands in 1697.
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