17th Century
- 1600: Sebald de Weert (Netherlands) sights the islands. This is widely accredited as the first sighting of the islands.
- 1604: Treaty of London between Spain and England. Terms largely favourable to Spain set aside "what had been able to acquire previously to its signature".
- 1670: Treaty of Madrid. Spain recognised English possessions in the Caribbean Sea, and each country agreed to refrain from trading in the other's territory.
- 1675: Anthony de la Roché (England) discovers South Georgia.
- 1684: William Dampier and Ambrose Cowley (England). Dampier publishes an accurate position for the islands but Cowley's account contains an inaccurate position 230 miles (370 km) North leading to the legend of Pepys Island.
- 1690: John Strong (England) landed, and named the sound and eventually the entire island group after Viscount Falkland, Admiralty Commissioner.
- 1696: Dampier returns to circumnavigate the islands.
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of The History Of The Falkland Islands
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