Curacao

BCs

500 AD – 1500s

(500AD) Caiquetios Indians migrated from the Orinoco River to reside in Curacao
(1499) Alonso de Ojeda discovered Curacao
(1500s) Curacao settled by the Spanish
(1526) Juan De Ampues was appointed Spanish governor of Curacao, Bonaire, and Aruba
(1568-1648) Dutch and Spanish fought in the Eighty Years’ War

1600s

(1621) Dutch West India Company (WIC) founded
(1628) WIC captured the Spanish silver fleet, consolidated Dutch domination of the seas
(1634) Dutch took possession of the island from Spain; founded a Dutch settlement
(1635) Amsterdam Chamber of WIC granted exclusive authority over Curacao
(1635-46) Curacao administered from Pernambuco, Brazil
(1639) Import of slaves to Curacao requested by WIC director
(1642) Peter Stuyvesant was installed as governor of Curacao
(1646-64) Curacao administered from New Netherlands
(1648) Treaty of Munster, recognized Dutch independence, ended eighty years of war
(1662) Curacao made the center for the Atlantic slave trade
(1675) Curacao declared a free port[AdsWithin]

1700s – 1800s

(1732) Private merchants were granted the right to participate in the slave trade by WIC; Curacao home to one of the oldest permanent Jewish settlements
(1791) Dutch West India Company dissolved
(1795) Island’s largest slave uprising at Kenepa Plantation was led by slaves Tula and Carpata
(1800) Curacao came under British protectorate
(1802) Curacao returned to Dutch control
(1807) British captured Curacao
(1815) Curacao returned to Dutch control
(1863) Slavery abolished in Curacao[AdsWithin]

1900s

2000s

(2006) World Baseball Classic held in Curacao
(2007) Netherlands Antilles declared Dutch, Papiamentu, and English official languages on the island
(2010) Netherlands Antilles dissolved; Curacao became a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands; tropical storm Tomas struck Curacao, causing widespread flooding