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Curacao: Key Historical Dates and Events
500 AD - 1500s - Caiquetios Indians migrated from the Orinoco River to reside in Curacao
1499 - Alonso de Ojeda discovered Curacao
1500s - Curacao settled by the Spanish
1526 - Juan De Ampues appointed Spanish governor of Curacao, Bonaire, and Aruba
1568-1648 - Dutch and Spanish fought in the Eighty Years’ War
1621 - Dutch West India Company (WIC) founded
1628 - WIC captured Spanish silver fleet, consolidated Dutch domination of the seas
1634 - Dutch took possession of the island from Spain; founded a Dutch settlement
1635 - Amsterdam Chamber of WIC granted exclusive authority over Curacao
1635-46 - Curacao administered from Pernambuco, Brazil
1639 - Import of slaves to Curacao requested by WIC director
1642 - Peter Stuyvesant installed as governor of Curacao
