Saint Helena
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Is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. In 1657, Oliver Cromwell granted the East India Company a charter to govern Saint Helena and, the following year, the company decided to fortify the island and settle it with planters.
Establishment
January 1658: In 1657, Oliver Cromwell granted the East India Company a charter to govern Saint Helena and, the following year, the company decided to fortify the island and settle it with planters.
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.
February 1673: In 1673, the Dutch East India Company, led by Admiral Abraham Blauvelt, seized Saint Helena from the English East India Company. However, English reinforcements under the command of Captain Richard Munden successfully restored control of the island to the English by May of that year.
June 1673: Between January and May 1673, the Dutch East India Company, led by Admiral Adam van Brederode, seized the island of Saint Helena. However, English reinforcements, under the command of Captain Richard Keigwin, successfully restored control of the island to the English East India Company.
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.
Selected Sources
Israel, J. I. (1995): The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, Clarendon Press, pp. 959-960
