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Curaçao

Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

Timeline of Events

1800

10.17.1800

England takes control of the Dutch colony of Curaçao.

1986

1.1.1986

Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

1996

1.1.1996

Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Kingdom of the Netherlands.