Gambia Colony
This article is about the specific polity Gambia Colony 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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The British slowly colonized modern-day Gambia between 1662 and 1901. In gained independency from the United Kingdom in 1965.
Establishment
January 1662: The English captured it in 1661 and renamed the island James Island and the fort Fort James after James, the Duke of York, later King James II of England.
Chronology
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Was a revolution in England and Scotland that led to the deposition of Catholic King James II.
November 1688: By November 1688 William of Orange, who was Stadtholder of the Netherlands, and his wife Mary, were in control of England and Wales. They would later become King and Queen of Great Britain.
March 1702: As William III of England was also the de facto ruler of the Dutch Republic (as Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic), the Personal Union between Netherlands and Great Britain ended at his death.
January 1817: In 1816, the ruler of Kombo sold St. Mary's Island to Captain Alexander Grant to set up a British base there.
January 1830: The British settled in Wulli in 1829.
August 1840: The whole Kombo country was sold to the British in July 1840.
January 1891: By 1890, the colony of Senegal practically covered all the territories of modern-day Senegal.
January 1893: The chiefdom of Barra was extinguished by British colonial authorities.
January 1895: From 1895 the inland of Gambia was part of the British Gambia Colony and Protectorate.
January 1898: The territory of Baddibu formally became part of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate.
January 1898: In 1897, Niumi formally became part of the Gambia Colony and Protectorate under the British Empire. This decision was made by the British colonial authorities, including Governor Sir George Denton.
January 1901: Tomani integrated into British Gambia Colony.
January 1901: Kiang integrated into British Gambia Colony.
January 1901: At the end of the 19th century, the British colonial rulers integrated Lower Niani as a district of the Gambia Colony.
January 1901: Jimara integrated into British Gambia Colony.
January 1901: Niamina integrated into British Gambia Colony.
January 1901: In the 20th century, the British annexed Fogny and organized it into six districts of British Gambia.
January 1901: Kantora integrated into British Gambia Colony.
January 1912: To mark the borders between French Senegal and British Gambia, various pillars were erected in 1911.
February 1965: Following agreements between the British and Gambian governments in July 1964, The Gambia became independent.
Disestablishment
February 1965: Following agreements between the British and Gambian governments in July 1964, The Gambia became independent.
Selected Sources
Israel, J. I. (1995): The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, Clarendon Press, pp. 959-960
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