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1781 - Island taken by the English fleet; St. Eustatius pillaged by the troops of Admiral George Brydges Rodney; all Jewish, along with
the governor, were deported; synagogue and many Jewish homes burned

1780 - England declared war on the Netherlands; the great hurricane caused cataclysmic damage and the loss of over 4,000 lives on St.
Eustatius

1781 - French conquered the island, British driven away

1784 - Dutch regained command over the island

1790 - St. Eustatius reached its peak population of 8,124

1830 - Large merchants left the Lower Town warehouses

1919 - St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten united as Netherlands Windward Islands

1954 - St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten united with Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao as the Netherlands Antilles, a separate country
within the Kingdom of the Netherlands

2005 - 77% of voters voted to remain within the Netherlands Antilles

2005 - Island council opted to become a public body of the Netherlands like Saba and Bonaire

2010 - St. Eustatius became special municipality of the Netherlands following dissolution of Netherlands Antilles

2011 - U S Dollar became the official currency