Denmark had a colonial empire from the 18th century until the 20th. Large portions of it involved the colonization of the Americas. Although there is some debate as to whether the prehistoric, Clovis culture was European in origin, the first generally accepted European colonists were the Norse, starting but then abandoning a colonisation process. ... The history of the Americas is the collective history of North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. ... British colonization of the Americas began in the late 16th century. ... Map of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, with Courlands colonies marked The Duchy of Courland was the smallest nation to colonize the Americas with a short-lived colony in Tobago during the 1654-1659, and again 1660-1689. ... During the 17th century, Dutch traders established trade posts and plantations throughout the Americas; actual colonization, with Dutch settling in the new lands was not as common as with settlements of other European nations. ... North America The French established colonies across the New World in the 17th century. ... The German colonization of the Americas consisted of a failed attempt to settle Venezuela in the 16th century. ... Portugal was the leading country in the European exploration of the world in the 15th century. ... After the discovery of northern Alaska by Ivan Fedorov in 1732, and the Aleutian Islands, southern Alaska, and north-western shores of North America in 1741 during the Russian exploration conducted by Vitus Bering and Aleksei Chirikov, it took fifty years until the founding of the first Russian colony in... The Darién scheme was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to establish a colony on the Isthmus of Panama. ... Spanish conquest and colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in America of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ... The Swedish colonization of the Americas consisted of a 17th century settlement on the Delaware River in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, and possessions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th century. ... The Vikings, or Norse, explored and settled areas of the North Atlantic, including the northeast fringes of North America, beginning in the 10th century of the common era. ... In various forms, Denmark has had colonial possessions since the beginning of the 13th century, when it obtained possessions in Estonia. ...

Explorers and settlers from Denmark took possession of the Danish West Indies (present-day U.S. Virgin Islands), which Denmark later sold to the United States. Beginning in 1721, they also founded colonies in Greenland, which is now a self-governing part of the Kingdom of Denmark. The Danish West Indies (DWI) are a former colony of Denmark in the Caribbean, now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands. ... 1721 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In politics and in history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a geographically-distant state (or city, in ancient times). ...

Denmark started a colony on St Thomas in 1671, St John in 1718, and purchased Saint Croix from France in 1733. During the 18th century, the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea were divided into two territorial units, one British and the other Danish. The Danish islands were run by the Danish West India and Guinea Company until 1755 when the Danish king bought them out. Sugar cane, produced by slave labour, drove the islands' economy during the 18th and early 19th centuries. A triangular trade existed with Danish manufactures buying African slaves which in turn were sold for West Indies sugar for Denmark. Although the slave trade was abolished in 1803 by the Danes, slavery itself was not abolished until 1848 after several mass slave escapes to the free British islands and a non-violent slave protest. The Danish Virgin Islands were also used as a base for pirates. The Danes encouraged British and Dutch settlers who became the largest non-slave groups on the islands. Their languages predominated with even the Danish government, in 1839, declaring that slave children must attend school in the English language. The colony reached its largest population in the 1840-50s, after which an economic downturn increased emmigration and populations dropped, a trend that continued until after the purchase by the United States. The Danish West Indies had 34,000 people in 1880. Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... Saint John is the smallest of the three main United States Virgin Islands (USVI), a United States territory. ... // Events July 21 - Treaty of Passarowitz signed November 22 - Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as Blackbeard) is killed in battle when a British boarding party cornered and then shot and stabbed him more than 25 times. ... Saint Croix is one of the United States Virgin Islands, a United States territory, in the Caribbean. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean Sea is a tropical body of water adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean and southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, designed by Samuel Sanders Teulon, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... A triangular trade is any three-way exchange, but the term is often used to refer to one particular instance: the 18th century trade between Europe, the west coast of Africa, and the Caribbean. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... A pirate digging for treasure. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Christiansted, Danish West Indies

In 1868, the islanders voted to sell the colony to the United States but their offer was rebuffed. In 1902, Denmark rejected an American offer. In 1917 the United States purchased the islands, which had been in economic decline since the abolition of slavery. Image File history File links Christiansted National Historic Site in the U.S. Virgin Islands from National Park Service File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Christiansted National Historic Site in the U.S. Virgin Islands from National Park Service File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Christiansted is a town on St. ... The Danish West Indies (DWI) are a former colony of Denmark in the Caribbean, now known as the U.S. Virgin Islands. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...

Denmark-Norway's posessions c. 1800

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 42 KB) Denmark-Norway and possessions in 1800. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 42 KB) Denmark-Norway and possessions in 1800. ...

See also

• Danish West Indies
• U.S. Virgin Islands
• History of Denmark
• Virgin Islands National Park
• Christiansted National Historic Site
• History of Greenland
• Danish India
• Racine, Wisconsin
• Solvang, California