Both islands were ceded by New York to the federal government in 1800.
The two islands returned to the Church's control but were soon ceded again.
On 21 September 1667 the island was formally ceded by the royal troops to the new governor.
Some smaller islands were ceded to other European powers as a result of war, or diplomatic agreements during the 17th and 18th centuries.
In the Treaty of Peace in 1947, the islands were ceded to Greece.
While the island had officially been ceded to Norway in the 1920s, that country fell under German occupation in 1940.
The Japanese government argues that the islands were not ceded by this treaty.
After two centuries, the abandoned island was ceded to the Carthusians, the previous religious edifice being restored from 1490 to 1505.
The island was ceded to the Soviet Union and the monastery fell into disrepair.
Paulet claimed that the islands were voluntarily ceded.
