Polity Nevis (Great Britain)

This article is about the specific polity Nevis (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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James VI and I of Scotland and England asserted sovereignty over the Caribbean island of Nevis by giving a Royal Patent for colonisation to the Earl of Carlisle in 1620.

Establishment

  • August 1620: James VI and I of Scotland and England granted a Royal Patent for colonisation of Nevis to the Earl of Carlisle in 1620. European settlement did not begin until 1628, establishing Nevis as a British territory.

Chronology

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1. Glorious Revolution

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.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • 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.

Disestablishment

  • January 1883: Anguilla was federated with St Kitts and Nevis in 1882.

Selected Sources

  • Israel, J. I. (1995): The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall, Clarendon Press, pp. 959-960