Tobago (Great Britain)

This article is about the specific polity Tobago (Great Britain) 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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After the Dutch surrendered to pirates, the caribbean island of Tobago was occupied by the British. It was lost to the French in 1678 but occupied again by the British in 1814. In 1888 Tobago was administratively merged with Trinidad.

Establishment

January 1667: The Dutch surrendered to pirates in Tobago.

Chronology

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1. American Revolutionary War

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.

January 1782: The French captured Tobago, in 1781.

2. 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.

2.1.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.

May 1814: The Treaty of Paris ceded Tobago to the British in 1814.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1668: Dutch rule in Tobago was restored.

January 1673: In 1672 Tobago was ceded to England.

January 1675: Tobago restored to the W.I.C. in 1674.

January 1694: New Courland is finally sold to the British Empire by around 1690 to 1693.

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.