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Name: Aruba (Colony)

Type: Polity

Start: 1636 AD

End: 1954 AD

Nation: aruba

Parent: netherlands

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Was a Dutch colony located in the the Caribbean Sea. The Netherlands seized Aruba from Spain in 1636 in the course of the Thirty Years' War.

Establishment


  • May 1636: The Netherlands seized Aruba from Spain in 1636 in the course of the Thirty Years' War.
  • 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.

  • February 1805: Aruba was occupied by the British from 12 February 1805 to 20 November 1805.
  • November 1805: Aruba was occupied by the British from 12 February 1805 to 20 November 1805.
  • March 1816: End of British occupation of Aruba.

  • 1.2.War of the Fourth Coalition

    Was a war between the French Empire and a coalition of European monarchies, mainly Prussia and Russia.

  • February 1807: In 1807, Aruba, a Dutch colony, was occupied by Great Britain.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • April 1806: In 1806, Aruba was briefly occupied by Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda and his forces.

  • April 1806: In 1806, Aruba was briefly occupied by Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda and his forces.

  • August 1806: In 1806, Aruba was re-occupied by Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan revolutionary leader.

  • September 1806: The Dutch reconquer Aruba from the Venezuelan revolutionaries.

  • December 1954: By 1954, the Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was established, providing a framework for relations between Aruba and the rest of the Kingdom. This created the Netherlands Antilles, which united all of the Dutch colonies in the Caribbean into one administrative structure.

  • Disestablishment


  • December 1954: By 1954, the Charter of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was established, providing a framework for relations between Aruba and the rest of the Kingdom. This created the Netherlands Antilles, which united all of the Dutch colonies in the Caribbean into one administrative structure.
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