Organized settlement of Ascension Island begins in…

October 1815 CE

Organized settlement of Ascension Island begins in 1815, when the British garrison it as a precaution after imprisoning Napoleon I on Saint Helena to the southeast.

On October 22 the Cruizer class brig-sloops Zenobia and Peruvian claim the island for His Britannic Majesty King George III.

The Royal Navy designates the island as a stone frigate, HMS Ascension, with the classification of "Sloop of War of the smaller class".

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Ascension Island British overseas territory United Kingdom View →

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