State · 1616 – 1815
Essequibo
A state of 1616 – 1815 — 199 years in the Americas and Oceania. The atlas records 4 things within it — wars and battles 4. Its own article says it was replaced.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 199 years
- 1616 – 1815
- Within it
- 4
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 3
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Replaced, 1812. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
It was merged with Demerara in 1812 by the British who took control.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedMonogram WIC · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Desconocido 
flag, undatedFlag of the Dutch West India Company · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1-2).svg.png)
flag, undatedFlag of the United Kingdom (1-2) · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1600 – 16994 rows · 4 wars and battles
- Battles of Tobago · battle · 1677
- Battle of Nevis · battle · 1667
- Battle of Barbados · battle · 1665
- Second Battle of Tobago · battle · 1677
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood199 years
stood longer than 62% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1596 – 1835, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1716, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1368792 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.