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 During the period of European exploration and colonization, Martinique was first discovered by the Spanish.  However the French rapidly entered and took control.
-Martinique was first controlled by France 1635, then, for a very short time by Great Britain 1762, with France recovering the territory in 1763.<ref name="Schaefer">Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas: a Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1998), 127. {{WorldCat|39622039}}; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 929.11812 D26s}}.</ref>
+Martinique was first controlled by France 1635, then, for a very short time by Great Britain 1762, with France recovering the territory in 1763.
-Except for three short periods of British occupation, Martinique has been a French possession since 1635.  Most of the Carib Indians were killed, and the rest were gradually absorbed into the population. Martinique became semi-autonomous under a high commissioner until 1943, when the Free French took over. In 1946 its status was changed to an Overseas Department.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: West Indies,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1999.</ref>
+Except for three short periods of British occupation, Martinique has been a French possession since 1635.  Most of the Carib Indians were killed, and the rest were gradually absorbed into the population. Martinique became semi-autonomous under a high commissioner until 1943, when the Free French took over. In 1946 its status was changed to an Overseas Department.
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 ==Timeline==
+-  Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc, landed in the harbor of St. Pierre with 150 French settlers, and established the first European settlement at Fort Saint-Pierre<br>
+- 1688 The French crown used Martinique as a dumping ground for mainland Huguenots who refused to reconvert to Catholicism. Over 1,000 Huguenots were transported to Martinique during this period<br>
+- 1815 Britain controlled the island for most of the time, when it was traded back to France at the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars<br>
+- The French government ended slavery in the French West Indies<br>
+- Mont Pelée erupted and completely destroyed St. Pierre, killing 30,000 people<br>
+, the French National Assembly voted unanimously to transform the colony into an Overseas Department of France. In 1974, it became simply a Department<br>
 == References ==
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 [[Category:Martinique]]