<Li> Saba in 1640 </Li> <Li> Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost van Dyke before 1640 </Li> <P> Until deep into the 19th century, the now Venezuelan islands of Aves, the Aves archipelago, Los Roques and La Orchila were also considered by the Dutch government to be part of the Dutch West Indies . </P> <P> The Netherlands Antilles remained an overseas territory of the Netherlands . It was granted self - rule in 1954 . In 1986, Aruba was granted autonomy, separately from the other islands . On October 10, 2010 the Netherlands Antilles was dismantled . Like Aruba, the islands Curaçao and Sint Maarten became constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius became special municipalities of the Netherlands . </P>

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