British control of Sint Eustatius lasts only…
November 1781 CE
Many of the goods he had seized had been captured on their way to Britain by a French squadron under Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte.
The island is captured in November 1781 by French forces, who in 1784 will return it to the Dutch.
The Jews and other expelled merchants return, commerce and trade resume.
The island's population will reach its all-time high in 1790.
People
Groups
Jews
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Dutch people
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French people (Latins)
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Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
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Dutch West Indies
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Saint Lucia (French colony)
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Bermuda (United Kingdom overseas territory)
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British people
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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Martinique, (French colony)
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United States of America (US, USA) (Philadelphia PA)
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