Martinique

island in the Lesser Antilles, overseas region and department of France

16 dated entries naming Martinique, drawn from 14 separate years between 1502 CE and 1902 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

1502June 15 – Columbus and his crew land on the island of Martinique and land at Le Carbet.source

17th century

1635Guadeloupe and Martinique are colonized by France.source
1649March 17 – French colonists from Martinique, led by former Martinique Governor Jacques Dyel du Parquet, land at St. Georges Harbour on the island of Grenada for the founding of Fort Annunciation. The fort is soon abandoned and the colonists cross the harbour for the founding of Fort Royal which eventually becomes the city of St. George's, Grenadasource
1653November 30 – Jacques Dyel du Parquet completes his installment payments, totaling 41,500 French livres, to become the exclusive owner of the Caribbean islands of Martinique, Grenada, Saint Lucia and the Grenadines.source
1660The Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique is carried out by French occupying forces.source
1660Carib Expulsion: French-led ethnic cleansing removes most of the Carib population of the island of Martinique.source
1664April 14 – All grants to the Compagnie des Isles de l'Amerique for development of French-claimed islands in the Caribbean Sea are revoked by King Louis XIV, including the rights to the islands of Martinique and Saint Lucia that had been sold to Marie Bonnard du Parquet prior to her death in 1659.source
1674July 16 – In a major battle in the Third Anglo-Dutch War, a large fleet of 18 warships from the Dutch Republic, along with 15 troop transports, nine storeships and 3,400 soldiers, arrives at the island of Martinique in the Caribbean Sea for the purpose of invasion and capture of Martinique from the French colonists. Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, commander of the Dutch forces, waits for four days before coming ashore. The French defenders, under the direction of the Governor, Antoine André de Sainte-Marthe, take advantage of the situation to block the entrances to the harbor and to reinforce troops. The Dutch invasion force is forced to retreat after sustaining heavy losses.source
1694January 29 – French missionary Jean-Baptiste Labat arrives in the New World, landing at the Caribbean island of Martinique.source

18th century

1762January 16 – British forces under Robert Monckton land on the French island of Martinique in the Caribbean.source
1766August 13 – A hurricane sweeps across the French island colony of Martinique, killing more than 400 people and destroying the plantation owned by Joseph-Gaspard de La Pagerie, the father of the future French Empress Joséphine.source
1780October 10–16 – The Great Hurricane flattens the islands of Barbados, Martinique and Sint Eustatius; 22,000 are killed.source
1794March 23 – British troops capture Martinique from the French.source

19th century

1805May 31–June 2 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Diamond Rock – A Franco-Spanish fleet captures the strategic island of Diamond Rock off Martinique in the West Indies, from the British.source

20th century

1902May 8 – Mount Pelée in Martinique erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000.source
19028 May – 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée on Martinique.source