Berbice
Sign in to saveBerbice () is a region along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1792 a colony of the Dutch West India Company and between 1792 and 1815 a colony of the Dutch state. After having been ceded to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the latter year, it was merged with Demerara-Essequibo to form the colony of British Guiana in 1831. It became a county of British Guiana in 1838 till 1958. In 1966, British Guiana gained independence as Guyana and in 1970 it became a republic as the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
Key facts
- Country.name
- Berbice
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kolonie Berbice Colony of Berbice County of Berbice
- Country.common_name
- Berbice
- Country.religion
- Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Afro-American religions, Traditional African religions, Indigenous religions
- Country.life_span
- 1627–18311838–1958
- Country.year_start
- 1627
- Country.year_end
- 1958
- Country.event_start
- Established as a Dutch West India Company colony
- Country.event_end
- Merged into the new regions
- Country.event1
- War of the Spanish Succession
- Country.date_event1
- November 1712–24 October 1714
- Country.event2
- Society of Berbice
- Country.date_event2
- 24 October 1720–1821
- Country.event3
- Raid on Essequibo and Demerara
- Country.date_event3
- 24–27 February 1781
- Country.event4
- Capture of Demerara and Essequibo
- Country.date_event4
- 22 January 1782
- Country.event5
- Peace of Paris
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Society of Berbice
- Slave Uprising
- Capture by Britain and subsequent merging into British Guiana
- Legacy
- Administration
- Dutch era
- Commander of Berbice
- Governors of Berbice
- British era
- Lieutenant Governor of Berbice
- Notable people
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Berbice () is a region along the Berbice River in Guyana, which was between 1627 and 1792 a colony of the Dutch West India Company and between 1792 and 1815 a colony of the Dutch state. After having been ceded to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the latter year, it was merged with Demerara-Essequibo to form the colony of British Guiana in 1831. It became a county of British Guiana in 1838 till 1958. In 1966, British Guiana gained independence as Guyana and in 1970 it became a republic as the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
After being a hereditary fief in the possession of the Van Peere family, the colony was governed by the Society of Berbice in the second half of the colonial period, akin to the neighbouring colony of Suriname, which was governed by the Society of Suriname. The capital of Berbice was at Fort Nassau until 1790. In that year, the town of New Amsterdam, which grew around Fort Sint Andries, was made the new capital of the colony.