Historical place archive

West Indies in History

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

2 records2 event labels2 people1783–1784

Historical events in West Indies

1783

30 November 1783
Rule of West Indies
William Petty · American War of Independence

In the Treaty of Paris Britain is awarded the West Indies

1784

1784
Navigation Acts
Horatio Nelson · Empire

Enforces Navigation Acts against illegal American trade in the West Indies.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and West Indies. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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