Editing Virgin Islands (section)

=== Historical affiliations ===
The Virgin Islands have been under the sovereignty of several nations and groups throughout history. Below is a table which represents the affiliation of the various islands:

{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Rule began
! colspan="5" |present day U.S.V.I.
! colspan="4" |present day British V.I.
! colspan="6" |present day Spanish V.I. (P.R.)
! rowspan="2" |Rule began
|-
! colspan="2" |St. Thomas
!St. John
! colspan="2" |St. Croix
!Tortola
!Virgin Gorda
!Anegada
!Jost Van Dyke
!Culebra
! colspan="5" |Vieques
|-
|1493
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#F2ECCE;" |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg|border=|size=23px}}<br>[[New Spain]]
| style='background:#F2ECCE; border-style : solid solid none solid;' rowspan="2" |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg|border=|size=23px}}<br>[[New Spain]]
| style='background:#F2ECCE;' colspan="2" rowspan="2" |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg|border=|size=23px}}<br>[[New Spain]]
| style='background:#F2ECCE; border-style : solid solid none solid;' rowspan="2" |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg|border=|size=23px}}<br>[[New Spain]]
| style='background:#F2ECCE; border-style : solid solid none solid;' rowspan="2" |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg|border=|size=23px}}<br>[[New Spain]]
| style='background:#F2ECCE; border-style : solid solid none solid;' rowspan="2" |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg|border=|size=23px}}<br>[[New Spain]]
| style='background:#F2ECCE; border-style : solid solid none solid;' rowspan="2" |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg|border=|size=23px}}<br>[[New Spain]]
| style='background:#F2ECCE;' |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg|border=|size=23px}}<br>[[New Spain]]
| colspan="5" style="background:#F2ECCE;" |{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Cross_of_Burgundy.svg|border=|size=23px}}<br>[[New Spain]]
|1493
|- style=height:3em
|1580
| rowspan="4" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : solid solid none solid;" |[[Captaincy General of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] (ES)*
| colspan="5" rowspan="4" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : solid solid none solid;" |[[Captaincy General of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] (ES)*
|1580
|-
| rowspan="2" |1625
| colspan="2" rowspan="5" style="background:#E6FBFF; border-style : solid solid none solid;" |[[Dutch Virgin Islands]]
| rowspan="7" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : none solid none solid;" |
| rowspan="5" style="background:#E6E6FF;"|[[British Leeward Islands]]**
| style="background:#E6FBFF;" | [[Dutch Virgin Islands]]**
| rowspan="3" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : none solid none solid;" |
| style='background:#F2ECCE; border-style : none solid none solid;' rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="3" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : none solid none solid;" |
| rowspan="19" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : none solid none solid;" |
| rowspan="2" |1625
|-
| rowspan="4" style="background:#F2ECCE;"|[[Captaincy General of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] (ES)**
|-
|1628
| rowspan="7" style="background:#E6FBFF;"|[[Dutch Virgin Islands]] 
|1628
|-
|1648
| rowspan="5" style="background:#E6FBFF; border-style : solid solid none solid;" |[[Dutch Virgin Islands]] 
| rowspan="6" style="background:#E6FBFF; border-style : solid solid none solid;" |[[Dutch Virgin Islands]] 
| rowspan="25" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : none solid none solid;" |
| colspan="5" rowspan="9" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : none solid none solid;" |
|1648
|-
|1650
|1650
|-
|1651
| colspan="2" rowspan="6" style="background:#FFE6E6; border-style : solid none none solid;" |[[Danish West Indies]]
| colspan="2" style="background:#EEEEEE;"|[[Hospitaller colonization of the Americas|Knights Hospitaller]]
|1651
|- style="height:3em"
|1664
| colspan="2" rowspan="8" style="background:#F7E6FF;" |[[French West Indies]]
|1664
|-
|1671
| style="background:#FFE6E6;" rowspan="3" |[[Danish West Indies]]
|1671
|-
|1672
| rowspan="18" style="background:#E6E6FF;"|[[British Leeward Islands]] 
|1672
|-
|1680
| colspan="2" rowspan="17" style="background:#E6E6FF;"|[[British Leeward Islands]] 
|1680
|-
|1684
| rowspan="7" style="background:#E6E6FF;"|[[British Leeward Islands]]
|1684
|-
|1685
| style="background:#FFE6E6;" rowspan="9" |
| rowspan="9" style="background:#DDDDDD;"|[[Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony)|Brandenburg-Prussia]]***
|1685
|-
|1689
| colspan="5" style="background:#DDDDDD;"|[[Brandenburg-Prussia]] 
|1689
|-
|1693
| colspan="5" rowspan="2" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : solid solid none solid;"|[[Captaincy General of Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]] (ES)
|1693
|-
| rowspan="2" |1698
| style="background:#FFE6E6;" colspan="2" rowspan="7" |[[Danish West Indies]]  
| rowspan="2" |1698
|-
| rowspan="9" style="border-style : none solid none solid;" style="background:#F2ECCE;"|
| rowspan="9" style="background:#E6E6FF;"|[[British Leeward Islands]]**
| rowspan="9" style="background:#F7E6FF;"|[[French West Indies]]**
| style="background:#FFE6E6; border-style : solid none solid solid;" rowspan="9" |[[Danish West Indies]]**
| style="background:#CEE6F2;" |[[Company of Scotland|Scottish Darien Company]]
|-
|1699
| style="background:#FFE6E6; border-style : solid solid solid none;"  rowspan="8" |
|1699
|-
|1718
| style="background:#FFE6E6;" rowspan="4" |[[Danish West Indies]]  
|1718
|-
|1733
|1733
|-
|1750
| rowspan="7" style="background:#E6E6FF;" |[[British Leeward Islands]] 
|1750
|-
|1754
| style="background:#FFE6E6;" colspan="2" |
|1754
|-
|1801
| colspan="5" style="background:#E6E6FF;" |[[British Leeward Islands]]
|1801
|-
|1802
| style="background:#FFE6E6;" colspan="5" |[[Danish West Indies]]
|1802
|-
|1807
| colspan="5" rowspan="2" style="background:#E6E6FF;" |[[British Leeward Islands]]
|1807
|-
|1811
| colspan="5" rowspan="4" style="background:#F2ECCE; border-style : none solid solid solid;"|
|1811
|-
|1815
| colspan="5" rowspan="4" style="background:#FFE6E6; border-style : solid solid none solid;" |[[Danish West Indies]]
|1815
|-
|1816
| style="background:#E6E6FF;" colspan="4" |[[British Virgin Islands]]
|1816
|- style="height:3em"
|1833
| colspan="4" rowspan="3" style="background:#E6E6FF;" |[[British Leeward Islands]]
|1833
|- style="height:3em"
|1898
| colspan="6" rowspan="3" style="background:#CECEF2;"|[[Puerto Rico]] (US)
|1898
|- style="height:3em"
|1917
| colspan="5" rowspan="2" style="background:#CECEF2;"|[[United States Virgin Islands]]
|1917
|-
|1958
| style="background:#E6E6FF;" colspan="4" |[[British Virgin Islands]]
|1958
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Largely under control of [[Piracy|pirates]].

<nowiki>**</nowiki> Coexisting claim.

<nowiki>***</nowiki> Leased/shared territory.