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The first written records in the history of Dominica began in November 1493, when Christopher Columbus spotted the island. Prior to European contact, Dominica was inhabited by the Arawak. Dominica was a French colony from 1715 until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, and then became a British colony from 1763 to 1978. It became an ...
This is a list of newspapers in Dominica. The Chronicle; Dominica News Online [1] This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) See also
This article lists the governors and other administrators of Dominica (where known), during its time as a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain (1761–1778; 1784–1800), the Kingdom of France (1778–1784), and the United Kingdom (1800–1978).
Unlike Guadeloupe and Martinique, the 1763 Treaty of Paris did not return Dominica to France. The French captured and held Dominica island and France during the American War of Independence between 1778 and 1783, after which it was returned to British control. It remained in British hands until its independence in 1978.
British West Indies in 1900 BWI in red and pink (blue islands are other territories with English as an official language). The British West Indies (BWI) were the territories in the West Indies under British rule, including Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada ...
Unlike other former British colonies in the region, Dominica has never been a Commonwealth realm, instead becoming a republic on independence. Dominica is a full and participating member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
British Dominica (1763–1978) — a British colony from 1763 to 1871, part of the British Leeward Islands from 1871–1940; part of the British Windward Islands from 1940–58; part of the West Indies Federation from 1958–62; and an associated state of the United Kingdom from 1962–78.
Dominica has appointed an ambassador accredited to Greece, based in Roseau, Dominica. [109] Grenada: Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations, of the Organization of American States and of the Caribbean Community. Guyana: 1978: Dominica and Guyana have established diplomatic relations on 3 November 1978. [110]