LordRaven wrote:LordRaven wrote:art0hur0moh wrote:LordRaven wrote:art0hur0moh wrote:The settlement was established as a French colony under the name Port Saint Louis in 1764, and within a year reached a population of 75 (most of them Acadians), with three marriages and two births recorded (once of the births was François Benoit in 1764, son of Agustin Benoit and Françoise Thériault. Sébastien died in 1839, Bay St. George, Newfoundland) – apparently the first ever in the islands' history. After three years of French possession the settlement was ceded to Spain, and all the French settlers left to be replaced by Spaniards. Acting on personal instructions by King Carlos III, the Spanish Government reimbursed the founder of Port St. Louis, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, 618,108 French livres.
Bougainville himself sailed to Port Saint Louis on board the Boudeuse, accompanied by the Spanish ships Esmeralda and Liebre to hand the settlement over to Felipe Ruíz Puente, the first Spanish governor (1767–1773) of Puerto Soledad, as the settlement would become known. The ceremony took place on April 1, 1767, and from Puerto Soledad Bougainville set sail to make the first French circumnavigation of the world.
conclusive! britain invaded argentinian territories! compensation from america and britain for unwarranded and criminal assaults needs to be paid for lawful restitution! the lands where stolen!
What a load of one sided bollocks! When producing a history it is useful to mention both sides.
The history of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking place in the 18th century. Nonetheless, the islands have been a matter of controversy, as they have been claimed by the French, British, Spaniards and Argentines at various points.
The islands were uninhabited when discovered by Europeans. France established a colony on the islands in 1764. In 1765, a British captain claimed the islands for Britain. In early 1770 a Spanish commander arrived from Argentina with five ships and 1400 soldiers forcing the British to leave Port Egmont. Britain and Spain almost went to war over the islands, but the British government decided that it should withdraw its presence from many overseas settlements in 1774. Spain, which had a garrison at Puerto Soledad on East Falklands, administered the garrison from Montevideo until 1811 when it was compelled to withdraw by pressures resulting from the Peninsular War. In 1833, the British returned to the Falkland Islands. Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982. The British responded with an expeditionary force that forced the Argentines to surrender.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_o ... nd_Islands
Judging by the Spanish Administering the Falklands from Montevideo I think Uruguay has more of a claim than the foundless Argentine claim.
where do You think My source came from. and that page is at least 60% short of the information I read a few years ago! the anomalous and operative words are "french colony!" later "british claim" post french colonization :p I used more than two sources. starting with Your source :p
Like I said, highly selective on your part and failing to comprehend French 1764, British 1765 had colonies in east and west falkland --unaware of each other for a while.
Are you following? No spanish yet, get it?
1770n--a full 5 years later the Spanish arrive---------so who was first old bean?
1774 Britain withdraw --- that is another 4 years, are you following?
They had urgent more pressing matters to attend to in the world --- have a guess what that was art.
Spain administered the Falklands from URUGUAY until 1811 --when the Peninuslar War saw them overun by the Napoleon so they left the Falklands
Still no Argentine claim?
British then fought Napoleon and not only stopped him controlling the whole Iberian peninsular, the Royal Navy fought and stopped him taking over South America.
The Portugese Royal Court lived in Rio De Janeiro having fled the French invasion of Portugal and Napoleon attacked them there too ---But the Royal Navy stopped him from doing so.
It sounds to me Britain has a bigger claim to the Falklands than anyone ---even as a debt of gratitude
On the Portugese, having fled Lisbon for Rio the Royal Court liked it so much that even when Napoleon was ejected from Portugal by Wellington they decided to stay on in Rio and ran The Brazilian Empire from there.
To this day Portugal is the only european country to have been ruled from South America.
That was until the Portugese demanded the Royal Court return to europe.
But I suppose art will now believe Portugal belongs to Brazil
Very interesting post thanks.
So, at no time were the Falkand Islands ever part of Argentina?