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Name: Vieques (Denmark)

Type: Polity

Start: 1699 AD

End: 1700 AD

Nation: vieques

Parent: denmark

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This article is about the specific polity Vieques (Denmark) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a Danish colony established in 1699 in Vieques, an island east to Puerto Rico island, after expelling the Scottish colonists from the country.

Establishment


  • January 1699: Scottish sovereignty of Vieques proved short-lived, as a Danish ship arrived shortly afterward and claimed the island.
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    Disestablishment


  • January 1701: In 1700, the Spanish reconquest of the island of Vieques occurred.
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