Swedish West India Company

This article is about the specific polity Swedish West India Company 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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In 1784, one of Louis XVI's ministers ceded the French Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy to Sweden in exchange for trading rights in the Swedish port of Gothenburg. In the period 1787-1806 the island was administered by the Swedish West India Company.

Establishment

January 1787: In 1786, the island of Saint Barthélemy was transferred to the Swedish West India Company, a trading company established by King Gustav III of Sweden.

Chronology

Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

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.

March 1801: 20 March 1801 - 10 July 1802: British occupation of Saint Barthélemy.

July 1802: 20 March 1801 - 10 July 1802: British occupation of Saint Barthélemy.