U.S. Virgin Islands
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1798 - c.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) --------------------
U.S. 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: 109,840 (2008)
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GDP: $3.08 billion (2006)
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Exports: $10.47 billion (2005) Imports: $10.24 billion (2005)
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Ethnic groups: black 76.2%, white 13.1%, mixed race 3.5%,
Asian 1.1%, other 6.1% (2000)
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Total Police Forces: N/A Defense is the Responsibility of the U.S. Merchant marine: None (2008)
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Religions: Christian 96.3% (of which Protestant
[including 13% Anglican] 51%, Roman Catholic 27.5%,
independent Christian 12.2%), nonreligious 2.2%,
other 1.5% (2000)
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Organizations/Treaties: Interpol (subbureau), IOC, UPU, WFTU |
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
islands 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 (Santa Cruz).
1651 - 1665
Knights of Malta rule on St. Croix.
1665
French rule on St. Croix (abandoned Jan 1696).
1666 - 1668
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 25 Mar 1718).
Jan 1696 - 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 United States.
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 - 4 Jan 1971 Administered by U.S. Department of Interior. |
Saint
Thomas-
Saint John
(1666-1862)
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Brandenburg Factory
(1685-1715)
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Governors (of St Croix)
16.. - 1645
Brainsby (English)
(d. 1645)
16.. - 1645
Capoen (Dutch)
(d. 1645)
1650 - 16..
de Vaugalan
1651 - 1665 Philippe
de Longvilliers, (b. 1583 - d. 1660)
chevalier de Poincy 1665 - 1674
chevalier Dubois
(d. 1674)
1679 - 1694
de La Saulaye (d. 1694)
1695 - Jan 1696
Joseph d'Honon de
Gallifet (b. 16.. - d.
1706) Jan 1696 - 8 Jan 1735 Abandoned Governors-general
8 Jan 1735 - 20 Feb 1736 Frederik von Moth (Friedrich Moth) (b. 1694 - d. 1746)
24 Feb 1736 - 16 Apr 1744 Gregers Hög Nissen 16 Apr 1744 - 15 May 1747 Paul
Jensen Lindemark
(d. 1747)
15 May 1747 - 22 Dec 1751 Jens Hansen
22 Dec 1751 - 6 Aug 1755 Peter Clausen (1st time)
(b. 1721 - d. 1784)
6 Aug 1755 - 7 Aug 1766 Christian Leberecht Baron von (b.
1718 - d. 1780)
Prøck
7 Aug 1766 - 4 May 1770
Peter Clausen (2nd time)
(s.a.)
4 May 1770 - 1 Mar 1772 Frederik Christian Moth
(b. 1730 - d. 1808)
1 Mar 1772 - 31 Jul 1773 Ulrich Wilhelm von Roepstorff (b. 1730 -
d. 1821)
31 Jul 1773 - 25 Oct 1773 Henrik
Ludvig Ernst von
(b. 1743 - d. 1793)
Schimmelmann (1st time)
28 Oct 1773 - 24 Jun 1784 Peter Clausen (3rd time)
(s.a.)
25 Jun 1784 - 31 Dec 1787 Henrik Ludvig Ernst von
(s.a.)
Schimmelmann (2nd time)
31 Dec 1787 - 25 Jul 1794 Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff (b. 1755 - d. 1820)
(1st time)
25 Jul 1794 - 8 May 1796 Wilhelm Anton Lindemann (1st time) (b. 1739 - d. 1801)
8 May 1796 - 26 Oct 1798 Thomas de Malleville
(b. 1739 - d. 1801)
27 Oct 1798 - 31 Mar 1801 Wilhelm Anton Lindemann (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Mar 1801 - 1802 Thomas Trigge (British commander) (b. 17.. - d. 1814)
16 Feb 1802 - 16 Feb 1803 Ernst Frederik von Walterstorff
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
16 Feb 1803 - 22 Mar 1807 Balthazar Frederik von Mühlenfels (b. 17.. -
d. 1807)
22 Mar 1807 - 21 Dec 1807 Hans Christopher
Lillienskjøld (b. 1762 - d. 1837)
25 Dec 1807 - 1 Apr 1815
Henry Bowyer (Britihs commander) (b. 17.. - d. 1808)
1 Apr 1815 - 1 May 1816 Peter Lotharius von Oxholm
(b. 1753 - d. 1827)
1 May 1816 - 1 Jul 1816 Johan Henrik Christian von Stabel
(b. 1774 - d. 1831)
(1st time)
1 Jul 1816 - 26 Jun 1819
Adrian Benjamin Bentzon
(b. 1777 - d. 1827)
27 Jun 1819 - 16 Oct 1820 Johan Henrik Christian von Stabel
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
16 Oct 1820 - 5 Jul 1822 Carl Adolph Rothe
(b. 1767 - d. 1834)
5 Jul 1822 - 14 Jul 1827 Johan Frederik Bardenfleth
(b. 1772 - d. 1833)
14 Jul 1827 - 24 Apr 1831 Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (b. 1784 - d. 1854)
(1st time)(acting)
24 Apr 1831 - 18 Jul 1832 Johannes Søbøtker (1st time) (b. 1777 - d. 1854)
(acting)
19 Jul 1832 - 22 Mar 1834 Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
(3rd time)(acting)
22 Mar 1834 - 14 Jan 1836 Johannes Søbøtker (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Jan 1836 - 6 Jul 1848 Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
(2nd time)
8 Jul 1848 - 27 Nov 1848 Frederik
von Oxholm (acting) (b. 1801 - d. 1871)
27 Nov 1848 - 24 Jun 1851 Peder Hansen
(b. 1798 - d. 1880)
(Government Commissioner)
24 Jun 1851 - 27 Apr 1855 Hans Ditmar Frederik Feddersen (b. 1805 - d. 1863)
27 Apr 1855 - 31 May 1861 Johan Frederik Schlegel
(b. 1817 - d. 1896)
31 May 1860 - 25 Feb 1871 Wilhelm Ludvig Birch
(b. 1817 - d. 1871)
26 Feb 1871 - 30 Jun 1871 John Christmas
(b. 1799 - d. 1873)
30 Jun 1871 - 1 Jul 1872 Frantz Ernst Bille (acting) (b.
1832 - d. 1918)
1 Jul 1872 - 24 Sep 1872 Johan
August Stakeman (acting) (b. 1805 - d. 1891)
25 Sep 1872 - 5 Jan 1876 Janus August Garde (1st time) (b. 1823 - d. 1893)
5 Jan 1876 - 16 Sep 1876 Carl Anton Frederik Christian (b. 1828 - d. 1884)
Hattensen (1st time)(acting)
16 Sep 1876 - 23 Mar 1881 Janus August Garde (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Mar 1881 - 15 Apr 1881 Carl Anton Frederik Christian (s.a.)
Hattensen (2nd time)(acting)
15 Apr 1881 - 24 Oct 1884 Christian Henrik Arendrup
(b. 1837 - d. 1913)
(1st time)
25 Oct 1884 - 20 May 1885 Peter Mathias Simonsen Andersen (b. 1841 - d. 1919)
(1st time)(acing)
20 May 1885 - 5 Jul 1888 Christian Henrik Arendrup
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
5 Jul 1888 - 30 Jan 1889 Peter Mathias Simonsen Andersen (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acing)
30 Jan 1889 - 22 Dec 1893 Christian Henrik Arendrup
(s.a.)
(3rd time)
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Dec 1893 - 17 Apr 1903 Carl Emil Hedemann
(b. 1837 - d. 1913)
17 Apr 1903 - 21 Jan 1904 Herman
August Jürs
(b. 1838 - d. 1918)
22 Jan 1904 - 2 Apr 1905 Frederik Theodor Martin Mortensen (b. 1854 - d. 1924)
Nordlien
27 Apr 1905 - 21 Feb 1908 Christian Magdalus Thestrup Gold (b. 1863 - d. 1934)
21 Feb 1908 - 4 Aug 1911 Peter Carl Limpricht
(b. 1838 - d. 1912)
7 Nov 1911 - 6 May 1915 Lars Christian Helweg-Larsen (b. 1860
- d. 1934)
(1st time)
6 May 1915 - 28 Nov 1915 Reimund Baumann (acting) (b. 1874 - d. 1958)
28 Nov 1915 - 3 Oct 1916 Lars Christian Helweg-Larsen (s.a.)
(2nd time)
6 Oct 1916 - 31 Mar 1917
Henri Konow (acting)
(b. 1862 - d. 1939)
Governors
31 Mar 1917 - 8 Apr 1917 Edwin Taylor Pollock
(acting) (b. 1870 - d. 1943)
9 Apr 1917 - 8 Apr 1919 James Harrison Oliver
(b. 1857 - d. 1928)
8 Apr 1919 - 26 Apr 1921
Joseph Wallace Oman
(b. 1864 - d. 1941)
26 Apr 1921 - 16 Sep 1922 Sumner Ely Wetmore Kittelle (b.
1867 - d. 1950)
16 Sep 1922 - 3 Dec 1923 Henry Hughes Hough
(b. 1871 - d. 1943)
3 Dec 1923 - 11 Sep 1925 Philip Williams
(b. 1869 - d. 1942)
12 Sep 1925 - 6 Jan 1927 Martin Edwin Trench
(b. 1869 - d. 1927)
1 Mar 1927 - 18 Mar 1931 Waldo A. Evans
(b. 1869 - d. 1936)
18 Mar 1931 - 21 Aug 1935 Paul Martin Pearson
(b. 1871 - d. 1938) Rep 23 Jul 1935 - 21 Aug 1935 Robert
W. Herrick
(b. 1868 - d. 1938)
(acting for Pearson)
21 Aug 1935 - 14 Dec 1940 Lawrence William Cramer
(b. 1897 - d. 1978) Dem
14 Dec 1940 - 3 Feb 1941 Robert Morss Lovett (acting) (b. 1870 - d. 1956) Dem
3 Feb 1941 - 17 May 1945 Charles A. Harwood
(b. 1880 - d. 1950) Dem
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May 1946 - 30 Nov 1949 William H. Hastie
(b. 1904 - d. 1976) Dem 30 Nov 1949 - 9 Apr 1954 Morris Fidanque de Castro
(b. 1902 - d. 1966) Dem
(acting to 24 Mar 1950)
9 Apr 1954 - 31 Aug 1955 Archibald "Archie" A. Alexander
(b. 1888 - d. 1958) Rep
17 Oct 1955 - 25 Sep 1958 Walter Arthur Gordon
(b. 1894 - d. 1976) Rep
25 Sep 1958 - 5 Apr 1961 John David Merwin
(b. 1921) Rep
5 Apr 1961 - 12 Feb 1969 Ralph Moses Paiewonsky
(b. 1906 - d. 1991) Dem
12 Feb 1969 - 1 Jul 1969 Cyril Emanuel King (1st time)
(b. 1921 - d. 1978) Rep
(acting)
1 Jul 1969 - 6 Jan 1975 Melvin Herbert Evans
(b. 1917 - d. 1984) 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 Lester 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, split from Dem., est.1968);
Rep = Republican
Party (centerist, conservative)
Saint
Thomas and Saint John
30 Mar 1666 - 1668
Danish settlement on St. Thomas.
25 May 1672
Danish rule on St. Thomas.
1684
Danish rule on St. John (St. Jan)(unsettled to 25 Mar 1718).
24 Nov 1685 - 1715 Brandenburg leases a factory on St. Thomas
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.
14 Apr 1862 End of separate government.
Governors 30 Mar 1666 - 12 Jun 1666 Erik
Nielsen Schmidt (Smed) (d. 1666)
(appointed 8 Jun 1665)
16 Jun 1666 - 1667 Jesper Høyer (acting)
(d. 1667)
1667 - 1668?
Kjeld Jensen Slagelse (acting) (d. 1672)
1668 - 1672 Abandoned
25 May 1672 - 5 Jul 1680
Jørgen Iversen Dyppel (b. 1638 - d. 1683)
(appointed 29 Apr 1671)
5 Jul 1680 - Nov 1682
Nicolaj Esmit (b. 1625 - d. af.1688)
Nov 1682 - 13 Oct 1684
Adolph Esmit (1st time) (b. 1625/30 - d. ....)
(acting to 17/23 Jul 1683)
13 Oct 1684 - 24 Feb 1686 Gabriel Milan
(b. c.1631
- d. 1689)
24 Feb 1686 - 5 Jul 1686 Mikkel Mikkelsen (interim) (d. 1708) 5 Jul 1686 - 29 Feb 1688 Christopher Heins (1st time) (d. 1689)
29 Feb 1688 - 24 Mar 1688 Adolph Esmit (2nd time) (s.a.) 24
Mar 1688 - 7 Jul 1688 Iver Hoppe
(b. 1649 - d. 1693)
7 Jul 1688 - 2 Oct 1689 Christopher Heins (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Oct 1689 - 27 Sep 1692 Johan Lorensen (Lorentz)(1st time) (b. 16.. - d. 1702)
27 Sep 1692 - 13 Sep 1694 Frans Delavigne (Frans de la Vigne)
13 Sep 1694 - 10 Jun 1702 Johan Lorensen (2nd time) (s.a.)
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Jun 1702 - 8 Feb 1706 Claus Hansen
(b. 16.. - d. 1706)
(acting to 3 Nov 1704)
9 Feb 1706 - 21 Nov 1708 Joachim Melchior von Holten (b.
1671 - d. 1708)
(Jokum Melchior)
22 Nov 1708 - 27 Mar 1710 Diderich (Didrik) Mogensen (interim)
27 Mar 1710 - 8 Aug 1716 Michel (Mikkel) Knudsen Crone
(b. 16.. - d. 1716)
8 Aug 1716 - 1 May 1724 Erik Bredal
(d. 1725)
1 May 1724 - 18 Sep 1724 Otto
Jacob Thambsen
(b. 1670 - d. 1724)
19 Sep 1724 - 14 May 1727 Frederik Moth (Frederik von Moth)
(b. 1694 - d. 1746)
(1st time)
14 May 1727 - 21 Feb 1733 Henrik von Suhm
(b. 1693 - d. 1744)
23 Feb 1733 - 21 Feb 1736 Philip Gardelin
(d. 1740)
22 Feb 1736 - 3 Apr 1744 Frederik Moth (2nd time)
(s.a.)
3 Apr 1744 - 25 Apr 1747 Christian von Schweder
25 Apr 1747 - 1 Jun 1758 Christian Suhm
(d. 1759)
1 Jun 1758 - 18 Oct 1760 Harrien Felchenhauer (Felschauer) (d. 1764)
18 Oct 1760 - 21 Apr 1764 John Georg von John (Johnn)
(d. 1764)
23 Apr 1764 - 7 Nov 1764 Ditlev Wilhelm Wildthagen (acting) (d. 1764)
9 Nov 1764 - 29 Aug 1765 Peter Gynthelberg (acting)
(b. 1728 - d. 1780)
29 Aug 1765 - 12 May 1766 Ulrich Wilhelm Roepstorff
(b. 1730 - d. 1821)
12 May 1766 - 29 Apr 1773 Jens Nielsen Kragh
(b. c.1729 - d. 1773)
30 Apr 1773 - 30 Dec 1773 Georg Høst (Jørgen Hjersing Høst) (b. 1734 - d. 1794)
(acting)
30 Dec 1773 - 7 Sep 1796 Thomas de Malleville
(b. 1739 - d. 1798)
7 Sep 1796 - 4 Jan 1800 Baltharzar Frederik Mühlenfels (s.a.)
4 Jan 1800 - 28 Mar 1801 Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten (b. 1752
- d. 1810)
(1st time)
28 Mar 1801 - 19 Feb 1802 John Clayton Cowell
(British commander)
19 Feb 1802 - 16 Feb 1803 Wilhelm von Rømeling
(b. 1758 - d. 18..)
16 Feb 1803 - 21 Dec 1807
Casimir Wilhelm von Scholten (s.a.)
(2nd time)
21 Dec 1807 - 15 Apr 1815 McLean (British commander) 15 Apr 1815 - 1 Jul 1818 Christian Ludvig von Holten (b.
1774 - d. 1829)
(1st time)
1 Jul 1818 - 11 Feb 1820 Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
(1st time)
11 Feb 1820 - 31 Mar 1820 Christian
Ludvig von Holten (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1 Apr 1820 - 9 Jul 1820 Peter
Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
(2nd time)
9 Jul 1820 - 1 Jun 1822 Carl Gottlieb Fleischer
(d. 1822)
1 Jun 1822 - 30 Mar 1823
Carl Vilhelm Jessen
(b. 1764 - d. 1823)
1 Apr 1823 - 3 Mar 1826 Peter Carl Frederik von Scholten (s.a.)
(3rd time)
7 Mar 1826 - 7 Jul 1829
Johannes Söbötker (1st time)
(b. 1777 - d. 1854)
(acting)
7 Jul 1829 - 15 May 1830 Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz (b. 1781 - d. 1834)
Rosenørn (1st time)
(acting to 20 Feb 1830)
15 May 1830 - 30 Jun 1830 Lewin Jürgen Rothe (1st time)(acting)
1 Jul 1830 - 30 Mar 1831 Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz (s.a.)
Rosenørn (2nd time)
30 Mar 1831 - 24 Jun 1831 Lewin Jürgen Rothe (2nd time)(acting)
24 Jun 1831 - 18 Jul 1832
Johannes Söbötker (2nd time)
(s.a.)
19 Jul 1832 - 24 Jun 1834 Frederik Ludvig Christian Pentz (s.a.)
Rosenørn (3rd time)(acting)
24 Jun 1834 - 1 Nov 1836
Frederik von Oxholm (1st time) (s.a.)
1 Nov 1836 - 8 Jul 1848 Johannes Söbötker (2nd time)
(s.a.)
8 Jul 1848 - 1 Dec 1848 Hans Hendrik Berg (1st time)
(b. 1789 - d. 1862)
1 Dec 1848 - 7 Oct 1852 Frederik von Oxholm (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Oct 1853 - 14 Apr 1862 Hans Hendrik Berg (2nd time) (s.a.)
Brandenburg Factory
24 Nov 1685 - 1715 Brandenburg leases a factory on St. Thomas from Denmark
administered by the Brandenburg African Company (from 1701,
Royal Prussian African Company).
Factors
1686 - 1692 Jacques Barbott de la Porte (Laporte)
1692 - 1702 Peter (Pedro) van Belle
1703 - 1714 Gisbert Hoest (Sievrt Hoesz)
1716 - 1735 Thomas Bordeaux
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