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People: Emperor Renzong of Western Xia

James I of England had asserted sovereignty …

Years: 1628 - 1628

James I of England had asserted sovereignty over Nevis on August 30, 1620, by awarding a Royal Patent for colonization to James Hay, 1st Viscount Doncaster, soon to be created Earl of Carlisle.

Actual European settlement does not happen until 1628, however, when Anthony Hilton moves from nearby Saint Kitts following a murder plot against him.

Accompanied by eighty other settlers, soon to be boosted by a further one hundred settlers from London who had originally hoped to settle Barbuda, Hilton becomes the first Governor of Nevis.

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Eastern West Indies (1628 - 1628)