jacob fort

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

• Jacob Fort (Duchy of Courland and Semigallia)
• Jacob Fort (Netherlands)

Establishment

• January 1652: The first European settlers on the island came from the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a vassal state of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Chronology

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1. Events

• January 1660: The Dutch briefly held Jacob Fort from 1659.

Disestablishment

• 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.