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60Mil BC |
The Antilles Islands [of the West Indies] broke off from the Mesoamerican mainland about 60 million years ago. The islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico comprise the Greater Antilles, and a group of smaller islands comprise the Lesser Antilles. Links: Cuba, Jamaica, West Indies, Antilles, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico 
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1493 Nov 4 |
Christopher Columbus discovered Guadeloupe during his second expedition. Links: Spain, West Indies, Guadeloupe
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1515 |
Diego (b.~1450), the younger brother of Christopher Columbus, died. He had accompanied Columbus on his second voyage (1493). Diego was released from chains in Spain in 1500, became a priest and returned to the West Indies in 1509. Links: Spain, West Indies
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1627 |
Barbados was uninhabited as the first English settlers arrived. Sugarcane fields later began to cover the island, a 14 x 21 mile stack of coral terraces. Links: West Indies, Barbados
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1635 Jun 28 |
The French colony of Guadeloupe was established in the Caribbean. Links: France, West Indies, Guadeloupe
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1648 |
The island of St. Martin in the Lesser Antilles was divided between the French and Dutch. The southern half went to the Dutch as Sint Maarten, while the northern half, Saint Martin, became part of the French department of Guadeloupe. Legend has it that a Dutchman and a Frenchman stood back to back at the center of the island and paced of their shares. The Dutchman stopped often to drink beer and was left with the smaller share. Links: France, Netherlands, West Indies, Antilles, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts & Nevis
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1650 |
St. Nicholas Abbey on the island of Barbados was built as a plantation house in the Jacobean style. Links: West Indies, Barbados
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1668 Oct 23 |
Jews of Barbados were forbidden to engage in retail trade. Links: West Indies, Barbados
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1739 Dec 25 |
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (d.1799) was born on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. He was the first African American musician to achieve international renown as a classical composer, violinist and conductor. Links: West Indies, Guadeloupe
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1751 Sep 28 |
George Washington. As a young man of 19, George Washington accompanied his sick older half-brother Lawrence to Barbados in 1751. Lawrence had been advised that the island's climate might help restore his ill health. The brothers left Virginia on September 28 and arrived at Bridgetown, Barbados, November 3. George, who survived the smallpox while in Barbados, left Lawrence on December 21 and arrived back in Virginia on January 28, 1752. Links: USA, Virginia, West Indies, Barbados
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1759 Apr 23 |
British seized Basse-Terre and Guadeloupe in the Antilles from France. Links: Britain, France, West Indies, Antilles, Guadeloupe
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1762 Feb 5 |
Martinique, a major French base in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, surrendered to the British. Links: France, West Indies, Antilles, Martinique
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1776 Sep 6 |
A hurricane hit Martinique; 100 French & Dutch ships sank and 600 died. Links: France, Netherlands, West Indies, Antilles, Martinique, Hurricane
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1780 |
A deadly hurricane hit the Windward and Leeward Islands of the West Indies and 20-22,000 people were killed. Links: West Indies, Hurricane
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1790 Jun 9 |
Civil war broke out in Martinique. Links: France, West Indies, Antilles, Martinique
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1806 Mar |
Frederic Tudor arrived in the brigantine Favorite at a Martinique port with 130 tons of New England ice. An anticipated icehouse and his partners were nowhere to be found, so Tudor peddled the ice directly from the ship and convinced a local restaurateur to sell the previously unknown dessert, ice cream. Despite his efforts, Tudor lost $4,000 on the venture, the first of several setbacks throughout his rocky business career. Links: USA, West Indies, Antilles, Martinique
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1833 Aug 23 |
The British Parliament ordered the abolition of slavery in its colonies by Aug 1, 1834. This would free some 700,000 slaves, including those in the West Indies. The Imperial Emancipation Act also allowed blacks to enjoy greater equality under the law in Canada as opposed to the US. Some 46,000 people were paid a total of 20 million pounds in compensation for freeing their slaves. Links: Canada, Britain, West Indies, Slavery
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1889 |
J.J. Thomas (1840-1889) authored “Froudacity,” an attack on the writings about the West Indies of English historian J. Anthony Froude. The Trinidad-born, self-educated black intellectual, wrote the work during a visit to London where he died of TB. Links: Britain, Historian, Trinidad&Tobago, West Indies
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1902 |
On the French Island of Martinique in the east W. Indies, the Mt. Pelee volcano blew its top and wiped out the town of St. Pierre. A pyroclastic flow killed over 29,000 people. Links: France, Volcano, West Indies, Antilles, Martinique
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1958 Jan 3 |
The British created the West Indies Federation with Lord Hailes as governor general. The federation lasted to 1962. It included Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago and the Windward and Leeward Islands. Links: Trinidad&Tobago, Jamaica, West Indies, Barbados, Windward & Leeward
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1958 1962 |
The Federation of West Indies of the British islands in the Caribbean comprising Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago, and the Windward and Leeward island colonies. Links: Trinidad&Tobago, Jamaica, West Indies, Barbados, Windward & Leeward
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1960 |
Montserrat was established as a British colony. Links: Britain, West Indies, Leeward Islands, Montserrat
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1962 May 31 |
The West Indies Federation, made up of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and the Leeward and Windward Islands, broke up after 4 years following Jamaica’s passage of a referendum to end the alliance. Links: Trinidad&Tobago, Jamaica, West Indies, Barbados, Windward & Leeward
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1966 Nov 30 |
The former British colony of Barbados became independent. Links: Britain, West Indies, Barbados
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1967 1981 |
The group of territorial islands in the West Indies in association with the United Kingdom. The original members included Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and adjacent islands. All the member islands became independent except Anguilla. Links: Dominica, West Indies, Antigua, Grenada, Nevis, Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, St. Kitts & Nevis
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1975 Jun 21 |
The West Indies, captained by Clive Lloyd won the first World Cup Cricket series, beating Australia by 17 runs at Lords. Links: Australia, West Indies, Games
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1983 |
The Martinique film “Sugar Cane Alley” was directed by Euzhan Palcy. It was set in 1931 and was about an orphan boy whose grandmother is determined to get him an education. Links: West Indies, Antilles, Martinique, Film
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1995 Jul 18 |
A volcano reawakened in southern Montserrat and threatened the 12,000 people on the 7 by 11 mile island. Officials evacuated 5,000 people from the southern end after the volcano began spewing ash and rock. Links: Volcano, West Indies, Leeward Islands, Montserrat
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1996 Sep 17 |
The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat erupted for 48 minutes. Links: Volcano, West Indies, Leeward Islands, Montserrat
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1996 |
In Montserrat a series of eruption from a volcano in the Soufriere Hills sent a plume of ash and rock soaring 3,000 feet. Links: Volcano, West Indies, Leeward Islands, Montserrat
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1997 Jun 18 |
It was reported that Japan was paying 5 Caribbean nations extensive aid and investment in order to gain support to block protections for endangered species. Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Dominica were all reported to have been bribed. Links: Dominica, Japan, West Indies, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, St. Kitts & Nevis, Leeward Islands
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1997 Jun 25 |
The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat spewed rock and hot ash and killed 6 people while 17 were reported missing. Links: Volcano, West Indies, Leeward Islands, Montserrat
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1997 Aug 4 |
In Montserrat superheated rock from the Soufriere Hills volcano flowed into the abandoned capital of Plymouth. Links: Volcano, West Indies, Leeward Islands, Montserrat
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1997 Aug 22 |
On Montserrat voluntary evacuation of the islanders was begun. Two-thirds of the 12,000 inhabitants fled the island. It was expected that much of the island would not be habitable for 20 years after the eruptions ceased. Links: Volcano, West Indies, Leeward Islands, Montserrat
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1998 Jul 2 |
Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Jamaica reported plans to establish the Caribbean Court of Justice in 1999 and planned to change their constitutions to free themselves of the British Privy Council. The effort was pushed to establish the death penalty. Links: Trinidad&Tobago, Jamaica, West Indies, Barbados, Guyana
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1999 Jul |
The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat exploded. Links: Volcano, West Indies, Leeward Islands, Montserrat
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2000 Sep 11 |
In Barbados officials at a conference on AIDS in the Caribbean pledged $120 million to fight the disease. Links: West Indies, Barbados, AIDS
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2003 Jul |
The Soufriere Hills volcano on the island of Montserrat erupted. Links: Volcano, West Indies, Leeward Islands, Montserrat
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