Port Egmont
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Was the first settlement created in 1766 by the British on the Falkland Islands.
Establishment
January 1767: The Falklands remained uninhabited until the 1764 establishment of Port Louis on East Falkland by French captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and the 1766 foundation of Port Egmont on Saunders Island by British captain John MacBride.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1771: The problems at Saunders Island began when Spanish explorer Don Juan Ignacio de Madariaga discovered and captured Port Egmont in 1770, leading to tensions between Spain and Britain over control of the Falkland Islands.
January 1772: Restitution of Saunders Island to Britain in 1771.
Disestablishment
January 1775: Both the British and Spanish settlements coexisted in the archipelago until 1774, when Britain's new economic and strategic considerations led it to voluntarily withdraw from the islands, leaving a plaque claiming the Falklands for King George III.
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