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First Amerindians arrive from northern
South America
Caquetíos migrate from present day Venezuela
First Spanish ship lands at Curaçao
First Dutch West India Company (WIC) formed
WIC captures Spanish silver fleet, consolidating Dutch
domination of the seas
Dutch seize Curaçao from Spain
Amsterdam Chamber of WIC granted exclusive authority over
Curaçao
Curaçao administered from Pernambuco, Brazil
WIC Director first requests import of slaves to Curaçao
Curaçao administered from New Netherland
(present day New York)
Peace of Westphalia ends Eighty Years War; Spain and the
Netherlands sign Treaty of Munster
First group of twelve Sephardic Jews arrives on Curaçao from
Amsterdam
Dutch lose colony in Brazil; WIC personnel stationed there move
the Curaçao
Second group of Sephardic Jews arrives on Curaçao from
Amsterdam
WIC administers Curaçao directly from Ft. Amsterdam
First WIC disbanded; Second WIC begins operation;
Curaçao declared a free port
First houses built in Otrobanda
First house built in Pietermaai
French privateer Jacques Cassard invades Curaçao
Peace of Utrecht ends War of Spanish Succession,
consolidating international power of British and French
WIC grants private merchants the right to participate in the slave
trade
Slave uprising at Hato Plantation
Curaçao's slave population peaks at 12,804; Jewish population
peaks at 2000
Second WIC disbznded
Island's largest slave uprising at Kenepa Plantation
First British occupation of Curaçao
Second British occupation of Curaçao
First local coins stamped with word Curaçao
Federation of Greater Colombia in South America
Prohibition against Jews holding o6ice on Curaçao abolished
Curaçao declared a free port again
Curaçao Bank (present day Central Bank) established
Curaçao Chamber of Commerce first established
Territory of the Netherlands Antilles created
Town walls around Punda demolished
Slaves emancipated
First regular steamship connection
Venezuelan ports closed to foreign ships
Venezuela imposes 30% surcharge on all imports from the
Antilles
First bridge built between Punda and Scharloo; first telephone
First telegraph connection
Queen Emma pontoon bridge built between Punda and
Otrobanda
First electric lighting in Willemstad
First modern cruise ship calls
Venezuela repeals 30% surcharge on transshipped Antillean
goods
First wireless station opens on Curaçao
First car imported; desalination plant built
First shipment of crude oil arrives for processing; first local
private bank opens its doors
Royal Dutch Shell oil refinery officially opens on Curacao
First airplane lands on Curaçao
Pan American World Airways inaugurates regular service from
Miami
Hato airfield constructed
Local currency introduced
First local political party founded
Employment at Shell refinery peaks at 12,631 people
Netherlands Antilles becomes an autonomous member of the
Dutch Kingdom
Local television station begins transmitting
Netherlands Antilles becomes affiliated with European Economic
Community
Workers' strike becomes social uprising
First black Prime Minister elected
Venezuela repeals 30% surcharge on Antillean goods; Queen
Juliana Bridge opens over harbor
Venezuelan Bolivar devalued, halting shopping tourism to
Curaçao
Royal Dutch Shell leaves Curaçao; refinery operations taken
over by Venezuelan state oil company; Aruba secedes from the
Netherlands Antilles
Tax treaty with the United States expires, threatening offshore
sector
United Nations names Willemstad a World Heritage Site |
