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The northern portion of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin was colonized by France from 1672.
Establishment
May 1672: The french occupy the entire island of Saint Martin.
Chronology
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Was the war of independence of the United States of America (at the time the Thirteen Colonies) against Great Britain.
1.1.Anglo-French War (1778-1783)
Was a war between France, allied to the United States, and Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War.
November 1781: In 1781, French forces led by Admiral de Grasse occupied the Dutch part of Saint Martin during the Anglo-French War. The French control would last until 1784 when the Treaty of Paris returned the territory to the Dutch.
1.2.Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic during the American Revolutionary War.
February 1781: In 1781, the British military occupied the entire island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean.
February 1784: The French leave the Dutch part of southern Saint Martin.
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.
2.1.War of the First Coalition
Were a series of wars between the Kingdom of France (later the French Republic) and several European Monarchies. The French Revolution had deteriorated the relations of France with the other European countries, that tried several times to invade France in order to crash the revolutionary government.
April 1795: The French occupy the entire island of Saint Martin.
2.2.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.
May 1793: Dutch control over the entire island of Saint Martin.
March 1801: In 1801, the island of Saint Martin in France was occupied by the British from March 24.
December 1802: Great Britain leaves the Island of Saint Martin where the French (northern part of the Island) and the Dutch (southern part of the Island) resume control.
February 1810: The British occupy the entire island of Saint Martin.
January 1815: The British leave northern Saint Martin.
August 1815: The British re-occupied the French part of Saint Martin in the Caribbean.
November 1816: After the British occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, the French Saint-Martin administration resumed control of the territory in 1816.
Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.
3.1.World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)
Refers to the events that happened in French Colonies that decided to be loyal to the German puppet state of Vichy France.
June 1940: After the fall of France to Nazi Germany in 1940, the island of Saint Martin came under the control of the Vichy regime, which collaborated with the Nazis. The administration on the island remained loyal to Vichy France until July 1943.
July 1943: After the fall of France to Nazi Germany in 1940, the island of Saint Martin came under the control of the Vichy regime, which collaborated with the Nazis. The administration on the island remained loyal to Vichy France until July 1943.
January 1675: The French West India Company was dissolved and its possessions went under direct French control.
June 1676: The Dutch occupy the entire island of Sint Maarten.
June 1676: The French occupied the entire island of Saint Martin.
January 1690: Southern Saint Martin is given back to the Dutch.
January 1700: In 1699, the French took control of the entire island of Saint Martin, including the Dutch-controlled Sint Maarten.
January 1703: In 1699, the French took control of the entire island of Saint Martin, including the Dutch-controlled Sint Maarten.
April 1703: In 1703, the Dutch took control of the entire island of Saint Martin, which later became the colony of Sint Maarten. This period of Dutch rule lasted until August 1715.
September 1715: In 1715, the northern part of Saint Martin Island was ceded to France.
January 1745: In 1744, British privateers led by Captain Thomas South attack and expel French settlers from Saint Martin, a small island in the Caribbean.
October 1748: French settlers, led by Governor Jean-Baptiste Durand, returned to northern Saint Martin in 1748 following the Treaty of Aix La Chapelle, which ended the War of the Austrian Succession. The territory was under the control of the Saint Martin Colony at that time.
February 1779: In 1779, British settlers from Tortola occupied the French part of Saint Martin, which was under the military occupation of Great Britain. This event was part of the ongoing conflict between Britain and France during the American Revolutionary War.
February 1779: In 1779, British settlers from Tortola occupied the French part of northern Saint Martin. This event occurred during the Anglo-French War, with the British forces led by Governor George Leonard. The occupation lasted until the Treaty of Paris in 1783, when the territory officially went to Saint Martin Colony.
February 1779: The French occupied the Dutch part of Saint Martin.
March 1946: French Saint-Martin made a canton of the département of Guadeloupe.
Disestablishment
March 1946: French Saint-Martin made a canton of the département of Guadeloupe.
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Saint Martin (Colony)
