Historical place archive

St Eustatius in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at St Eustatius in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1780–1780

Historical events in St Eustatius

1780

February 1780
Capture of St Eustatius
George Brydges Rodney · American War of Independence

Captures the Dutch Carribean Island of Eustatius, cripples the US contrabrand trade

Provenance

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