Netherlands Antilles

State · 1815–2026 CE · at its largest around 1820 CE

The Dutch Caribbean islands, including Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire, under Dutch colonial administration and later an autonomous country within the Kingdom.

On its lands while it lasted

Simón Bolívar (1783 CE – 1830 CE): Caracas-born leader who led the independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia from Spain, known as El Libertador.
Gran Colombia founded (1819–1831 CE): The Congress of Angostura proclaimed a republic uniting Venezuela, New Granada and later Ecuador and Panama, with Bolívar as president; it broke apart by 1831.
Eruption of Mount Pelée (1902 CE): A pyroclastic flow from Mount Pelée destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, killing about 28,000 people.
Hugo Chávez (1954 CE – 2013 CE): Venezuelan army officer and president from 1999 until his death, leader of the socialist "Bolivarian Revolution".
Port of Spain (c. 1976 CE): Capital of Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (1976–today).
Roseau (c. 1979 CE): Capital of Commonwealth of Dominica (1979–today).