Danish West Indies
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Were a Danish colony in the Caribbean.
Establishment
January 1672: The Danish West India Company resettled St. Thomas, establishing Fort Christiansfort.
Chronology
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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.
January 1802: Britain occupied the Danish West Indies in 1801-02.
January 1803: Britain occupied the Danish West Indies in 1801-02.
December 1807: British occupation of the Saint Croix island.
January 1808: 1807-1815: British occupation of the Danish West Indies during the Napoleonic Wars.
November 1815: Danish reconquest of the Saint Croix island.
January 1816: 1807-1815: British occupation of the Danish West Indies during the Napoleonic Wars.
November 1685: The Brandenburg Navy-General Director Benjamin Raule signed a rental agreement with the Danish West India Company.
January 1694: In 1693 the Brandenburg section of Saint Thomas was seized by the Danes without any resistance or repayment.
January 1695: The Danish West India Company, led by King Christian V of Denmark, settled on St. Thomas in 1672 and St. John in 1694. They later purchased St. Croix from France in 1733, establishing the Danish West Indies as a colonial territory.
June 1733: St. Croix was purchased from France in 1733 for 750,000 livres.
January 1816: 1807-1815: British occupation of the Danish West Indies during the Napoleonic Wars.
March 1917: The Danish West Indies were eventually sold for 25 million dollars to the United States, which took over the administration on 31 March 1917, renaming the islands the United States Virgin Islands.
Disestablishment
March 1917: The Danish West Indies were eventually sold for 25 million dollars to the United States, which took over the administration on 31 March 1917, renaming the islands the United States Virgin Islands.
Selected Sources
Larsen, K. (1940): Guvernører, Residenter, Kommadanter og Chefer samt enkele andre fremtradende personer i de tidligere Danske Tropokolonier, Copenhagen (Denmark), p. 30
Larsen, K. (1940): Guvernører, Residenter, Kommadanter og Chefer samt enkele andre fremtradende personer i de tidligere Danske Tropokolonier, Copenhagen (Denmark), p. 31
