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1493 Nov 4 |
Christopher Columbus discovered Guadeloupe during his second expedition. Links: Spain, West Indies, Guadeloupe 
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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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1737 |
French Captain Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu (1687-1774) was appointed governor of Martinique and the neighboring island of Guadeloupe. Links: France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Coffee
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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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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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1976 Jul 8 |
A volcano erupted on Guadeloupe and frightened the capital, Basse-Terre. A phreatic eruption of the Soufriere volcano cracked open the summit dome Links: Volcano, Guadeloupe
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1989 Sep 24 |
Residents of Charleston, S.C., attended church services as they faced a third day of recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Hugo. Hugo caused 56 deaths in the Caribbean and 29 in the United States. The storm hit Guadeloupe, Montserrat, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico before striking South Carolina. Links: USA, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Virgin Islands, WeatherUS, Hurricane
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1993 |
In Guatemala rightist civil patrols killed peasants in Colotenango. 12 members of the paramilitary unit were later arrested, tried and sentenced in 1999 to 25 years in prison. They were sprung from jail a day after being sentenced. Links: Guadeloupe
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1998 Sep 15 1998 Oct 1 |
Hurricane Georges caused 602 deaths in the Caribbean and four in the United States. The storm hit the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Antigua, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts and Nevis, Anguilla and British and U.S. Virgin Islands before striking Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida. Links: Haiti, Cuba, Antigua, Anguilla, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, St. Kitts & Nevis, Dominican Rep., Virgin Islands, Hurricane
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1999 Dec 3 |
Tori Murden (36) of the United States became the 1st woman to complete a rowboat crossing of the Atlantic. Her 81-day, 7 hr. and 31 min. trip began in the Canary Islands and finished at Fort-du-Bas in Guadeloupe. Links: USA, Guadeloupe, Canary Islands, Atlantic Ocean
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2003 Dec 7 |
Voters on the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique rejected reforms to their legislatures that opponents had criticized as a step toward independence from France. Links: France, Guadeloupe, Martinique
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2004 Mar 28 |
Guadeloupe's leader conceded defeat in regional elections that pushed her conservative party out of power for the first time in 12 years, a loss seen as public backlash toward moves to win greater autonomy from Paris. Links: France, Guadeloupe
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2005 Nov 25 |
In Guadeloupe youths set up flaming tire barricades and threw rocks at police in clashes sparked by a motorcycle crash at a police checkpoint. Links: Guadeloupe
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2006 Sep 30 |
André Schwarz-Bart (b.1928), French novelist of Polish-Jewish origins, died in Guadeloupe. His books included the novel “The Last of the Just” (1960), based on the Jewish teaching that the fate of the world lies with 36 just men. Links: France, Writer, Guadeloupe
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2006 Nov 2 |
In St. Maarten 4 French nationals were convicted of beating two gay American tourists on Guadeloupe and were sentenced to between six months and six years in prison. Links: France, Gays, Guadeloupe, St. Maarten
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2007 Feb 19 |
Police found the charred bodies of three Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament and their driver on a rural road outside Guatemala City. Links: El Salvador, Guadeloupe
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2008 Nov 22 |
A prison fight in Guatemala has left seven inmates dead, including five who were decapitated. The fight in the Pavoncito prison in Guatemala City erupted because inmates were angry over the transfer of a group of alleged gang members from another prison. Links: Guadeloupe
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2009 Feb 16 |
On the French island of Guadeloupe police detained about 50 people after coming under a barrage of stones as they tried to take down barricades. On Martinique as many as 10,000 demonstrators marched through the narrow streets of the capital to protest spiraling food prices and denounce the business elite. Links: Guadeloupe, Martinique
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2009 Feb 18 |
In Guadeloupe rioters manning barricades fatally shot Jacques Bino, tax agent and union member, in a housing project in Pointe-a-Pitre, as he returned home from protests. This was the first death in unrest that has convulsed France's Caribbean islands for weeks. Links: Guadeloupe
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2009 Feb 19 |
France bowed to demands for wage increases in Guadeloupe in the hope of ending a month-long strike that has plunged the French Caribbean island into rioting. Links: France, Labor, Guadeloupe
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2009 Feb 27 |
Unions in Guadeloupe scored a victory in getting a deal to raise some workers' salaries, but said they will not end a general strike now concluding its sixth week. Links: Labor, Guadeloupe
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2009 Mar 4 |
Union leaders on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe agreed to suspend a 44-day-old general strike as most of their demands continue to be met. Links: Labor, Guadeloupe
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2009 Sep 11 |
Authorities in Guatemala arrested nine suspects, including five police officers, in the May 10 killing of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video. Links: Guadeloupe
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2014 Jan 15 |
It was reported that some 200 cases of chikungunya, a debilitating sickness due to a mosquito-borne virus, have been diagnosed in St. Martin, and that the virus has spread to St. Maarten. New cases were also confirmed in Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Barthelemy. Links: Microbiology, Antilles, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Martinique, St. Maarten, St. Barthelemy
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2017 Sep 5 |
Irma strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category Five hurricane, meteorologists warned, sparking alarm and flooding alerts as it barreled towards the Caribbean. It was expected to make landfall along the string of French islands including Guadeloupe late today before heading to Haiti and Florida. Links: Haiti, Guadeloupe, Hurricane
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2017 Sep 19 |
Hurricane Maria left at least one person dead on Guadeloupe. Links: Guadeloupe, Hurricane
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2021 Aug 11 |
France said it will strengthen lockdown rules in the overseas territory of Guadeloupe to rein in the spread of COVID-19, as spikes in infections in its Caribbean islands overwhelm hospitals. Links: France, Guadeloupe
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2021 Nov 19 |
Authorities imposed a curfew on the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe following five days of civil unrest over COVID-19 protocols that have seen barricades burned in the streets and firefighters and doctors walk out on strike. Links: France, Guadeloupe, Mad Crowd, COVID-19
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2021 Nov 21 |
The French overseas territory of Guadeloupe was hit by a third night of looting and rioting amid protests against COVID-19 measures, with gunmen shooting at police and firefighters. Links: Guadeloupe
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2022 Jan 21 |
Clashes erupted again over COVID curbs on French island of Guadeloupe. One police officer was injured and police faced gunfire during a night of civil unrest over COVID-19 restrictions. Links: Guadeloupe, Mad Crowd, COVID-19
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2022 Apr 29 |
In Guadeloupe two people died and another was missing after heavy rainfall caused flooding late today on the French Caribbean island. Links: Guadeloupe, Tragedy, Flood
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2022 Jun 23 |
Scientists reported the discovery of Thiomargarita magnifica, a species of bacteria that grows to the size and shape of a human eyelash in the mangroves of the Guadeloupe archipelago in the Caribbean. Links: Microbiology, Guadeloupe
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2022 Sep 16 |
A man died in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe after heavy rainfall tied to tropical storm Fiona caused flooding late today. Links: Guadeloupe, Flood
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