SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

Saint Kitts is also known as Saint Christopher.

In 1493, the island of Saint Kitts received an uninvited guest. It was Christopher Columbus on his second voyage.

Christopher Columbus named the island Saint Christopher (hail ego) but later settlers changed it to St Kitts.

The first English colony was established in 1623. The French thought that was a good idea and followed up with a colony of their own in 1627.

Naturally, the two colonies hated each other's guts and it took the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 to rule that the island was in fact British. The French thought that stunk and captured Brimstone Hill in 1782. You are welcome to visit Brimstone Hill National Park Fortress, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

So the British weren't happy about the French in 1782. Consequently the Brits pestered everybody until by means of the Treaty of Versailles in 1783 the island was again officially belonging to Great Britain.

And what went on at Nevis?

Nevis is the island on which Alexander Hamilton was born and on which Horatio Nelson met his future wife Frances Nisbet.

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
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