Historical outline of the United States Virgin Islands
- Historical outline of the United States Virgin Islands
The following is an outline of the history of the Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States with hyperlinks to relevant Wikipedia articles.
Outline
*History of the United States Virgin Islands
**Indigenous peoples
***Ciboney
***Arawaks
***Caribs
**First European contact, 1493
***A Spanish fleet under the command of "Cristoforo Colombo" (Christopher Columbus) lands on a large inhabited island that he names "Santa Cruz" (Saint Croix), 1493-11-14. Colombo then visits and names "San Tomas" (Saint Thomas) and "San Juan" (Saint John). Colombo names the island chain "Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Vírgenes" (Saint Ursula and her 11,000 virgins, now the Virgin Islands).
**Viceroyalty of New Spain, (1519–1650)-1821
**French West Indies, 1650-1733
***France wrests Saint Croix from Spain, 1650
***Knights Hospitaller acquire Saint Croix from France, 1660
***France reacquires Saint Croix from Knights Hospitaller, 1665
***Denmark purchases Saint Croix from France, 1733
**Danish West Indies, 1657-1917
***British occupation, 1801-1802
***British occupation, 1807-1815
***United States purchases Danish West Indies from Denmark, 1917-01-17
**Government of the Virgin Islands of the United States, 1917-03-31-1936-06-22
**Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States, since 1936-06-22
***Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, 1936-06-22
***Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands of the United States, 1954-07-22
ee also
*Territory of the Virgin Islands of the United States
**List of United States Virgin Islands-related topics
***History of the United States Virgin Islands
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