1500
1500 Brazil becomes a Portuguese colony - subject to laws from the crown.
1512 Portuguese occupy Ambon Island in the Moluccas, Asian trading region.
1600 The East India Company (EIC) was founded in England
1602 Vereenidge Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) founded in The Netherlands
1623 Amboyna Conspiracy and Massacre worsened Anglo-Dutch rivalry.
1600
1655 British invasion of Jamaica.
1700 Methuen Treaty between Britain and Portugal strengthened trade between the two countries, meaning better access to colonial products via Lisbon.
1730 Earliest reference to Amboyna wood in English Custom records.
1750s Britain ousted French influence from eastern India.
1700
1770s First use of tulipwood by cabinet makers Gillows of Lancaster.
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1773 First register of zebrawood in Customs returns.
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1774 History of Jamaica was published.
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1779 Entry of Spain to the American Revolutionary War halted the trade of zebrawood.
1783 British colonisation of all northern Sarkars.
1799 Victory of Sir Arthur Wellesley over Tipu Sultan opens the way to colonise southern Carnatic including Coromandel coast.
Brazilian ports were opened in 1808 to Britain, with Anglo-Brazilian Commercial Treaty.
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1802 Dutch formally ceded Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to Britain by the Treaty of Amiens.
1819 Zebrawood listed among Bullock’s stock-in -trade.
1827 creating a 15% maximum tariff rate on British goods, encouraging Brazilian exports in exchange for British manufactured imports.
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1820-30 British Regency period, Regency furniture style.
1849 Repeal of the British Navigation Acts meant more free trade with Britain.
1800
1850 Abolition of slavery with Eusébio de Queirós Law
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1851 The Great Exhibition, London, amboyna wood advertised as available for pre-order.
1869 Opening of Suez Canal: The passage connecting the Mediterranean shortened the journey between Britain and Asia from seven months to three weeks.
1875 Forest Protection Laws.
1888 Formal abolition of Slavery in Brazil.