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List Of Colonial Governors In 1816
{{Colonial governors by year, year=1816 Denmark * Danish Gold Coast – Christian Schiønning, Governor of the Danish Gold Coast (1807–1817) * Danish West Indies – *#Peter Lotharius von Oxholm, Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (1815–1816) *#Johan Henrik von Stabel, Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (1816) *#Adrian Benjamin Bentzon, Governor-General of the Danish West Indies (1816–1820) * Iceland – Johan Carl Thuerecht Castenschiold, Governor of Iceland (1813–1819) *North Greenland – Peter Hanning Motzfeldt, Inspector of North Greenland (1803–1817) * South Greenland – Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort, Inspector of South Greenland (1802–1821) France * French Guiana – under Portuguese rule (1809–1817) *Guadeloupe – *#Occupied by British 10 August 1815 – 25 July 1816 *# Antoine Philippe de Lardenoy, Governor of Guadeloupe (1816–1823) * Martinique – Pierre-René-Marie, comte de Vaugiraud, Governor of Martinique (1814–1818) *Réunion – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Gold Coast
The Danish Gold Coast ( da, Danske Guldkyst or ''Dansk Guinea'') comprised the colonies that Denmark–Norway controlled in Africa as a part of the Gold Coast (roughly present-day southeast Ghana), which is on the Gulf of Guinea. It was colonized by the Dano-Norwegian fleet, first under indirect rule by the Danish West India Company (a chartered company), later as a crown colony of the kingdom of Denmark-Norway. The five Danish Gold Coast Territorial Settlements and forts of the Kingdom of Denmark were sold to the United Kingdom and were incorporated into the British Gold Coast in 1850. The area under Danish influence was over 10,000 square kilometres. History On April 20, 1663, the Danish seizure of Fort Christiansborg and Carlsborg completed the annexation of the Swedish Gold Coast settlements. From 1674 to 1755 the settlements were administered by the Danish West India-Guinea Company. From December 1680 to 29 August 1682, the Portuguese occupied Fort Christiansborg. In 1750 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Réunion
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' may be either appointed or elected, and the governor's powers can vary significantly, depending on the public laws in place locally. The adjective pertaining to a governor is gubernatorial, from the Latin root ''gubernare''. Ancient empires Pre-Roman empires Though the legal and administrative framework of provinces, each administrated by a governor, was created by the Romans, the term ''governor'' has been a convenient term for historians to describe similar systems in antiquity. Indeed, many regions of the pre-Roman antiquity were ultimately replaced by Roman 'standardized' provincial governments after their conquest by Rome. Plato used the metaphor of turning the Ship of State with a rudder; the Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
