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Name: guadeloupe

Type: Cluster

Start: 1627 AD

End: 2022 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Guadeloupe (French Colony)
  • Guadeloupe (Sweden)
  • Guadeloupe (Vichy France)
  • Guadeloupe (French overs. Dep.)
  • Establishment


  • January 1627: In 1626, the French, led by Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc, expelled Spanish settlers from Guadeloupe, establishing it as a French colony.
  • Chronology


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    1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

    1.1.French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Theatre of war in the overseas colonies

    The theatre of war in the overseas colonies during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

  • March 1813: In 1810, the British captured Guadeloupe from France during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1813, the island was handed over to Sweden under the Treaty of Stockholm, marking a shift in colonial control in the Caribbean.

  • 1.2.War of the Sixth Coalition

    Was a war between France and a a coalition of Austria, Prussia, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Sweden, and a number of German States. The coalition emerged after the decimation of the French army in the French invasion of Russia. The coalition ultimately invaded France and forced Napoleon to abdicate and go into exile.

    1.2.1.Treaty of Paris (1814)

    Was the treaty that ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.

  • May 1814: In the 1814 Treaty of Paris, Sweden ceded Guadeloupe to France.

  • 2. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    2.1.World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)

    Refers to the events that happened in French Colonies that decided to be loyal to the German puppet state of Vichy France.

  • June 1940: During the period of June 16, 1940, to July 14, 1943, Guadeloupe was under the administration loyal to Vichy France, led by Marshal Philippe Pétain.
  • July 1943: From 14 Jul 1943 Martinique was loyal to Free French.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1636: The Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique settled in Guadeloupe in 1635, under the direction of Charles Liénard de L'Olive and Jean du Plessis d'Ossonville. They formally took possession of the island for France and brought in French farmers to colonise the land.

  • January 1674: The territory was annexed to France in 1674 under the name of Guadaloupe.

  • January 1675: France annexed Guadeloupe to the Martinique Colony.

  • March 1946: French Saint-Martin made a canton of the département of Guadeloupe.

  • March 1946: Guadeloupe becomes a French overseas département.

  • March 1946: Saint-Barthélemy made a canton of the département of Guadeloupe.

  • July 2007: Saint-Martin becomes a separate French overseas collectivity.

  • July 2007: Saint-Barthélemy becomes a separate French overseas collectivity.

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