U.S. Virgin Islands
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1684 - 1798, 1842 - 31 Mar 1917
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1798 - 1842
Danish West Indies
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Adopted 31 Mar 1917
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Adopted 17 May 1921
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Map
of the Virgin Islands
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Hear
National Anthem "The Star Spangled Banner"
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Hear
Local Anthem "The Virgin Islands March" Adopted 1963
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Organic
Act (22 Jul 1954) ------------------
Constitution
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Capital: Charlotte Amalie (Christiansted 1755-1871; Amalienborg 1691-1755; Taphaus 1674-1691; Bassin 1650-1696)
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Currency: US Dollar (USD)
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National Holiday: 4 Jul (1776) U.S. Independence Day --------------------------------
Local Holiday: 31 Mar (1917) Transfer Day
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Population: 108,448 (2007)
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GDP: $1.57 billion (2005)
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Exports: $4.2 billion (2001) Imports: $4.6 billion (2001)
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Ethnic groups: black 61.1%, US white 15%,
Puerto Rican 12%,
French Creole (from Martinique and Guadeloupe) 9%,
British 1%, other 1.9% (2000)
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Total Police Forces: N/A Defense is the Responsibility of the U.S. Merchant marine: None (2006)
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Religions: Christian 96.3% (of which Protestant
[including 13% Anglican] 51%, Roman Catholic 27.5%,
independent Christian 12.2%), non-religious 2.2%,
other 1.5% (2000)
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Organizations/Treaties: Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UPU |
U.S. Virgin Islands Index
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Chronology
14 Nov 1493
St. Croix discovered by Columbus and claimed
for Spain, named Isla de Santa Cruz; the
island chain named Las Islas Once Mil Virgenes.
22 Jun 1587 - ....
English colony on St. Croix.
1625 - 1645
Separate English (on east end) and Dutch (west
end) colonies on St. Croix.
1645 - 1650
English colony on St. Croix.
1650
Spanish destroy English St. Croix settlements.
1650
French rule on St. Croix.
1651 - 1665
Knights of Malta rule on St. Croix.
1665
French rule on St. Croix (abandoned Jan 1696).
1665 - 1667
Danish colony on St. Thomas.
25 May 1672
Danish rule on St. Thomas (Danish West India
Company [Dansk-Vestindisk Kompagni] rule).
1684
Danish rule on St. Johns (St. Jans) disputed by
England until 1672 (settled on 25 Mar 1718).
1695 - 1733
St. Croix abandoned.
13 Jun 1733
Denmark purchases St. Croix from France.
24 Aug 1754
Danish Crown colony (Danish West Indies).
1756 - 1862
Separate administration for Saint Thomas-Saint
John subject to Danish West Indies.
28 Mar 1801 - 16 Feb 1802 British occupation.
21 Dec 1807 - 20 Nov 1815 British occupation.
12 Dec 1916
Purchased from Denmark by U.S.
31 Mar 1917
U.S. sovereignty; end of Danish administration.
(U.S. Virgin Islands).
31 Mar 1917 - 30 Jan 1931 Administered by U.S. Navy.
30 Jan 1931
Administered by U.S. Department of Interior. |
Saint Thomas- Saint John
(1666-1862)
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Governors (of St Croix)
16.. - 1645
Brainsby (English)
(d. 1645)
16.. - 1645
Capoen (Dutch)
(d. 1645)
1650 - 16..
de Vaugalan
1665 - 16..
du Bois
(d. 16..)
1680 - af.1685
de La Saulaye
1694 - Jan 1696
Pierre de Bègue
Jan 1696 - 8 Jan 1735 Vacant
8 Jan 1735 - 1736
Frederik Moth
(b. 1694 - d. 1746)
1736 - 1744
Gregers Hög Nissen
1744 - 1747
Poul Jensen Lindemark
(d. 1747)
1747 - 1751
Jens Hansen
1751 - 1756
Peter Clausen
(b. 1721 - d. 1784)
Governors-general
1756 - 1766
Christian Leberecht von Prøck (b.
1718 - d. 1780)
1766 - 1771
Peter Clausen (1st time)
(s.a.)
1770 - 1772
Frederik Moth
(b. 1750 - d. 1806)
1772 - 1773
Ulrich Wilhelm von Roepstorff (b. 1730 -
d. 1821)
Jul 1773 - Oct 1773 Henrik
Ludvig Ernst von
(b. 1743 - d. 1793)
Schimmelmann (1st time)
1773 - 1784
Peter Clausen (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1784 - 1787
Henrik Ludvig Ernst von
(s.a.)
Schimmelmann (2nd time)
1787 - 1794
Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff (b. 1755 - d. 1820)
(1st time)
1794 - 1796
Wilhelm Anton Lindemann (1st time) (b. 1739 - d. 1801)
1796 - 1799
Thomas de Malleville
(b. 1739 - d. 1801)
1799 - 28 Mar 1801
Wilhelm Anton Lindemann (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Mar 1801 - 1802
Thomas Trigge
(b. 17.. - d. 1814)
16 Feb 1802 - 27 Oct 1802 Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
27 Oct 1802 - 1807
Baltharzar Frederik Mühlenfels (b. 17.. -
d. 1807)
Mar 1807 - 21 Dec 1807 Hans Christopher
Lillienskjøld (b. 1762 - d. 1837)
Dec 1807 - 1808
Henry Bowyer
(b. 17.. - d. 1808)
1808 - 1815
....
1815 - 1816
Peter Lotharius von Oxholm
(b. 1753 - d. 1827)
May 1816 - Jul 1816 Johan
Henrik von Stabel
(b. 1774 - d. 1831)
1816 - 1820
Adrian Benjamin Bentzon
(b. 1777 - d. 1827)
1820 - 1822
Carl Adolph Rothe
(b. 1767 - d. 1834)
1822 - 1827
Johan Frederik Bardenfleth
(b. 1772 - d. 1833)
1827 - Jul 1848
Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (b. 1784 - d. 1854)
Jul 1848 - Nov 1848 Frederik
von Oxholm (acting) (b. 1801 - d. 1871)
Nov 1848 - 1851
Peder Hansen
(b. 1798 - d. 1880)
(Government Commissioner)
1851 - 1855
Hans Ditmar Frederik Feddersen (b. 1805 - d. 1863)
1855 - 1861
Johan Frederik Schlegel
(b. 1817 - d. 1896)
1861 - 1871
Vilhelm Ludvig Birch
(b. 1817 - d. 1871)
Feb 1871 - Jun 1871 John
Christmas
(b. 1799 - d. 1873)
1871 - 1872
Frantz Ernst Bille (acting) (b.
1832 - d. 1918)
Jul 1872 - Sep 1872 Johan
August Stakeman (acting) (b. 1805 - d. 1891)
1872 - 1881
Janus August Garde
(b. 1823 - d. 1893)
1881 - 1893
Christian Henrik Arendrup
(b. 1837 - d. 1913)
1893 - 1903
Carl Emil Hedemann
(b. 1837 - d. 1913)
1903 - 1904
Herman August Jürs
(b. 1838 - d. 1918)
1904 - 1905
Frederik Theodor Martin Mortensen (b. 1854 - d. 1924)
Nordlien
1905 - 1908
Christian Magdalus Thestrup Gold (b. 1863 - d. 1934)
1908 - 1911
Peter Carl Limpricht
(b. 1838 - d. 1912)
1911 - 1916
Lars Christian Helweg-Larsen (b. 1860
- d. 1934)
1916 - 1917
Henri Konow (acting)
(b. 1862 - d. 1939)
Governors
31 Mar 1917 - Apr 1917 Edwin Taylor Pollock
(acting) (b. 1870 - d. 1943)
Apr 1917 - 1919
James Harrison Oliver
(b. 1857 - d. 1928)
1919 - 1921
Joseph Wallace Oman
(b. 1864 - d. 1941)
1921 - 1922
Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle (b.
1867 - d. 1950)
1922 - 1923
Henry Hughes Hough
(b. 1871 - d. 1943)
1923 - 1925
Philip Williams
(b. 1869 - d. 1942)
1925 - 6 Jan 1927
Martin Edwin Trench
(b. 1869 - d. 1927)
Jan 1927 - 18 Mar 1931 Waldo A. Evans
(b. 1869 - d. 1936)
18 Mar 1931 - 23 Jul 1935 Paul Martin Pearson
(b. 1871 - d. 1938)
21 Aug 1935 - 3 Feb 1941 Lawrence William Cramer
(b. 1897 - d. 1978)
3 Feb 1941 - 17 May 1945 Charles A. Harwood
(b. 1880 - d. 1950)
17 May 1946 - 30 Nov 1949 William H. Hastie
(b. 1904 - d. 1976)
30 Nov 1949 - 9 Apr 1954 Morris Fidanque de Castro
(b. 1902 - d. 1966)
(acting to 24 Mar 1950)
9 Apr 1954 - 31 Aug 1955 Archibald "Archie" A. Alexander
(b. 1888 - d. 1958)
17 Oct 1955 - 25 Sep 1958 Walter A. Gordon
(b. 1894 - d. 1976)
25 Sep 1958 - 5 Apr 1961 John David Merwin
(b. 1921)
5 Apr 1961 - 12 Feb 1969 Ralph M. Paiewonsky
(b. 1906 - d. 1991)
12 Feb 1969 - 1 Jul 1969 Cyril Emanuel King (1st time)
(b. 1921 - d. 1978)
1 Jul 1969 - 6 Jan 1975 Melvin Herbert Evans
(b. 1917 - d. 1984) Jan 1971:Rep
6 Jan 1975 - 2 Jan 1978 Cyril Emanuel King (2nd
time) (s.a.)
ICM
2 Jan 1978 - 5 Jan 1987 Juan Francisco Luis
(b. 1940)
ICM
5 Jan 1987 - 5 Jan 1995 Alexander A. Farrelly
(b. 1923 - d. 2002) Dem
5 Jan 1995 - 4 Jan 1999 Roy L. Schneider
(b. 1939)
Dem
4 Jan 1999 - 1 Jan 2007 Charles Wesley Turnbull
(b. 1935)
Dem
1 Jan 2007 -
John deJongh, Jr.
(b. 1957)
Dem
Party abbreviations: Dem = Democratic Party (liberal-centerist);
ICM
= Independent Citizens' Movement (regionalist);
Rep = Republican
Party (centerist-conservative)
Saint
Thomas and Saint John
30 Mar 1666 - 1667
Danish settlement on St. Thomas.
25 May 1672
Danish rule on St. Thomas.
1684
Danish rule on St. John (St. Jan)(settled from 25 Mar 1718).
13 Nov 1733 - May 1734 St. John controlled
by slaves during a rebellion.
1756
Part of the Danish West Indies (s.a.), separate
administration continues until 1862.
28 Mar 1801 - 27 Mar 1802 British occupation.
21 Dec 1807 - 20 Nov 1815 British occupation.
Governors
Mar 1666 - 1666
Erik Nielsen Smit
(d. 1666)
1666 - 1667
Kjeld Jansen Slagelsen (acting)
1672 - 1680
Jørgen Iversen Dyppel
1680 - 1682
Nicolaj Esmit
1682 - 1684
Adolph Esmit
1684 - 1686
Gabriel Milan
1686
Mikkel Mikkelsen
1686 - 1689
Christopher Heins
1689 - 1702
Johan Lorentz
(b. 16.. - d. 1702)
1702 - 1706
Claus Hansen
(b. 16.. - d. 1706)
1706 - 1708
Joachim Melchior von Holten (b.
1671 - d. 1708)
1708 - 1710
Diderich Mogensen
1710 - 1716
Mikkel Knudsen Crone
(b. 16.. - d. 1716)
1716 - 1724
Erik Bredal
May 1724 - Sep 1724 Otto
Jacob Thambsen
(b. 1670 - d. 1724)
1724 - 1727
Frederik Moth (1st time)
(s.a.)
1727 - 1733
Henrik von Suhm
(b. 1693 - d. 1744)
1733 - 1736
Philip Gardelin
(d. 1740)
1736 - 1740
Frederik Moth (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1740 - 1744
Jacob Schönemann
1744 - 1747
Christian von Schweder
1747 - 1758
Christian Suhm
(d. 1759)
1758 - 1760
Harrien Felchenhauer
(d. 1764)
1760 - 1764
Johan Georg von John
(d. 1764)
Apr 1764 - Nov 1764 Ditlev
Wilhelm Wildthagen
(d. 1764)
1764 - 1765
Peter Gynthelberg
(b. 1728 - d. 1780)
1765 - 1766
Ulrich Wilhelm Roepstorff
(b. 1730 - d. 1821)
1766 - 1773
Jens Nielsen Kragh
(b. c.1729 - d. 1773)
1773 - 1796
Thomas de Malleville
(b. 1739 - d. 1798)
1796 - 1800
Baltharzar Frederik Mühlenfels (s.a.)
1800 - Mar 1801
Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten (b. 1752
- d. 1810)
(1st time)
Mar 1801 - 1802
John Clayton Cowell
1802 - 1803
Willum von Rømeling
(b. 1758 - d. 18..)
1803 - Dec 1807
Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Dec 1807 - 1815
McLean
1815 - 1818
Christian Ludvig von Holten (b.
1774 - d. 1829)
(1st time)
1818 - 1820
Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
(1st time)
Feb 1820 - Mar 1820 Christian
Ludvig von Holten (s.a.)
(2nd time)
Apr 1820 - Jul 1820 Peter
Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1820 - 1822
Carl Gottlieb Fleischer
(d. 1822)
1822 - 1823
Carl Vilhelm Jessen
(b. 1764 - d. 1823)
1823 - 1826
Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
(3rd time)
1826 - 1829
Johannes Söbötker (1st time)
(b. 1777 - d. 1854)
1829 - 1834
Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz (b. 1781 - d. 1834)
Rosenørn
1834 - 1836
Frederik von Oxholm (1st time) (s.a.)
1836 - 1848
Johannes Söbötker (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1848
Hans Hendrik Berg (1st time) (b. 1789
- d. 1862)
1848 - 1852
Frederik von Oxholm (2nd time) (s.a.)
1853 - 1862
Hans Hendrik Berg (2nd time) (s.a.)
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