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Period: 1442 to 1442
Christopher Columbus makes his first landing in the New World in the Bahamas.
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English and Bermudan religious refugees, the Eleutheran Adventurers, establish the first European settlement on the Bahamas
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Colonisation of New Providence Island begins.
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Bahamas become a British crown colony.
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Spain cedes the Bahamas to Britain in accordance with the Treaty of Paris after briefly occupying the islands the previous year.
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The Duke of Windsor - formerly King Edward VIII - serves as governor of the Bahamas.
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Britain grants the US a military test range and tracking station for guided missiles in the Bahamas.
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Bahamas granted internal autonomy.
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The Bahamas become independent.