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Luis Vernet
History of Argentina
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| 1831 | Rule of Falklands, The | |
Falklands, The Occupation began in World for the year 1826">1826 with the foundation of a settlement and a penal colony, the settlement is destroyed by USAwarships after the Argentinian governor of the islands Luis Vernet seizes USAseal hunting ships during a dispute over fishing rights |
1833 | Rule of Falklands, The | |
Falklands, The British forces return and inform the Argentine commander that they intended to assert British sovereignty, existing settlers are allowed to remain, with an Irish member of Vernet's settlement, William Dickson, appointed as the Islands' governor |
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