apr 23, 1666 - On Saint Christopher Island more commonly called St Kitts, a Caribbean Sea Island divided between colonies of England and France, a battle near Sandy Point Town over control of the territory ends with a victory by the French over a numerically superior English force two days later,English Deputy Governor William Watts of Anguilla had sent an expedition to capture the neighboring island of Saint Martin. Governor Watts and the French Governor of Saint-Christophe, Charles de Sales, are both killed in the battl
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