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  Falkland Islands timeline
     
1690
 
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John Strong, landing on some remote Atlantic islands, names them after Viscount Falkland, treasurer of the British navy      
1764
 
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A French expedition from St Malo, founding a colony on East Falkland, name the islands Les Îsles Malouines       
1774
 
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The Spanish, now in sole occupation of the Falkland Islands, call them Las Islas Malvinas       
1820
 
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The newly independent republic of Argentina takes possession of Las Islas Malvinas (the Falklands)      
1833
 
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Britain ejects the Argentinians from the Falklands and begins the process of settlement with British farmers      
1892
 
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The Falkland Islands, by now occupied by some 2000 settlers, become a British colony