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St. Martin
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1493 Nov 11 |
The island of St. Martin was sighted and named by Columbus, though the explorer never landed there. The Dutch and French agreed to divide control of the island in 1648, but often clashed over where the border should be until a final pact in 1817. Links: Spain, France, Netherlands, St. Martin, Explorer, St. Maarten 
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1817 |
The Dutch and French agreed on a final pact to divide the control of St. Martin Island. The southern Dutch half comprises the Eilandgebied Sint Maarten (Island Territory of St. Maarten) and is part of the Netherlands Antilles. The northern French half comprises the Collectivité de Saint-Martin (Collectivity of St. Martin) and is an overseas collectivity of France. Links: France, Netherlands, St. Martin, St. Maarten
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2013 Dec |
Chikungunya fever, a mosquito-born virus common in Africa and Asia, was first detected in the Caribbean region on St. Martin and soon spread across across the region and onto South and Central America. Links: Microbiology, St. Martin, Caribbean
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2014 Jan 15 |
It was reported that some 200 cases of chikungunya, a debilitating sickness due to a mosquito-borne virus, have been diagnosed in St. Martin, and that the virus has spread to St. Maarten. New cases were also confirmed in Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Barthelemy. Links: Microbiology, Antilles, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Martinique, St. Maarten, St. Barthelemy
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2017 Sep 6 |
Category Five hurricane Irma slammed into the French Caribbean islands after making landfall in Barbuda, packing ferocious winds and causing major flooding in low-lying areas. After making landfall in Barbuda, part of the twin island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, the hurricane swept on to French-run Saint Barthelemy, also known as St Barts, and Saint Martin, an island divided between France and the Netherlands. In Barbuda, a 2-year-old child was killed as a family tried to escape a damaged home during the storm. Links: France, Netherlands, Antigua, St. Martin, Hurricane
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2017 Sep 7 |
French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told Franc Info that at least eight people died and another 23 were injured when Hurricane Irma walloped the French Caribbean island territories of St. Martin and St. Barthelemy. Links: France, St. Martin, Disaster, Hurricane, Caribbean, St. Barthelemy
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2017 Sep 8 |
Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain The death toll from Irma increased to 20 with four more deaths reported in the British Virgin Islands. The other lives lost include nine on the French Caribbean islands of St. Martin and St. Barts, four in the US Virgin Islands, and one each on the islands of Anguilla, Barbuda and the Dutch side of St. Martin. Links: Bahamas, Cuba, Antigua, Anguilla, St. Martin, Virgin Islands
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2017 Sep 9 |
A French public reinsurance body said the cost of Hurricane Irma, described as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, is at least 1.2 billion euros ($1.44 billion) in Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy. 10 people had been reported dead on the two islands. Links: France, St. Martin, Hurricane, St. Barthelemy
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2020 Dec 10 |
In the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin a French female tourist (38) died after having her leg torn off in a shark attack in Orient Bay. Links: St. Martin, Shark
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