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1720 |
French Captain Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu (33) was posted to Martinique. In 1723 he obtained coffee while traveling back to Paris and planted them on his return to Martinique. In 1725 he reaped almost 2 pounds and sowed them on his estate and those of some friends. Links: France, Martinique, Coffee 
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1727 |
An earthquake on Martinique devastated the local cocoa plantations. Landowners replanted fields with coffee from French Captain Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu. Links: Earthquake, Martinique, Coffee
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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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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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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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1889 Aug 24 |
Auguste Neal, a convicted murderer, was executed in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, becoming the first and only person to be executed by guillotine in North America. The device was specially shipped from Martinique for the execution. Links: Martinique, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon
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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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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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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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2005 Jun 13 |
In Martinique Patrick Mariello showed up at a police station to say he had set his ex-girlfriend's car on fire. The charred body of the 28-year-old was found near the car. In 2008 Mariello (32) Mariello testified that he was upset his ex-girlfriend never told him she had an affair with his best friend. He was convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Links: Murder, Martinique
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2005 Aug 16 |
A chartered jet filled with tourists returning home from Panama to the French Caribbean island of Martinique crashed in western Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board. The pilot had been attempting an emergency landing after both engines failed. Links: Venezuela, Air Crash, Martinique
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2005 Oct 9 |
It was reported that dengue fever was causing concerns in Malaysia and Martinique. Malaysia reported 71 deaths so far this year from over 27,000 cases. Martinique reported almost 1,000 cases a week since mid-September. Links: Malaysia, Microbiology, Martinique
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2007 Aug 17 |
Hurricane Dean tore through the eastern Caribbean islands of St. Lucia and Martinique, ripping roofs from buildings, downing trees and knocking out power. 100 mph winds ruined the entire banana harvest on St. Lucia and Martinique and battered the banana industry in Dominica. Links: Dominica, Food, St. Lucia, Martinique, Hurricane
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2007 Sep 14 |
In Martinique health officials declared a dengue epidemic following the report of over 1,000 suspected cases in the last month. Links: Microbiology, Martinique
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2008 Apr 17 |
Aime Cesaire (b.1913), a Martinique poet honored throughout the French-speaking world and a crusader for West Indian rights, died. Links: Poet, Martinique
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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 17 |
Business leaders in Martinique agreed to a 20 percent price cut on most supermarket products, despite initial refusal. Links: Martinique
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2009 Feb 25 |
In Martinique vandals burned cars and looted stores overnight, as violence spread to a second French Caribbean island in protests over high prices, low pay and alleged neglect by officials in Paris. Links: France, Martinique, Mad Crowd
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2009 Mar 14 |
In Martinique thousands of demonstrators marched and sand in the streets after officials signed an agreement ending a monthlong strike on the French Caribbean island. Links: Martinique
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2009 Jun 26 |
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that Martinique is free to hold a referendum on greater political autonomy but made clear the island would always belong to France. Links: France, Martinique
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2010 Jan 10 |
Voters in Martinique overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to give local government more autonomy while remaining a part of France. Election officials said 80% of voters rejected the plan, with 55% participation. An estimated 50,000 people were unemployed on Martinique, home to some 400,000 inhabitants. Links: France, Martinique
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2010 Dec 15 |
A Martinique court found businessman Alain Despointes (84), guilty of condoning a crime against humanity for praising slavery during a 2009 TV interview and sentenced him to pay a fine of nearly $10,000. He was the first man in Martinique found guilty under a 2001 French law that declared slavery a crime against humanity. Links: France, Martinique, Slavery
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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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2015 Oct 13 |
Authorities in the French Caribbean island of Martinique said they have seized 1,180 pounds (535 kg) of cocaine destined for Europe. Martinique authorities have seized more than 8 tons (7 metric tons) of drugs so far this year. Links: Martinique, Drugs
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2017 Sep 19 |
Hurricane Maria regained Category 5 strength, upping its top wind speeds after it had briefly dropped to a Category 4 storm overnight near the island of Dominica. About 25,000 households lost electricity and two small towns were without potable water after Hurricane Maria roared past the French island of Martinique. Links: Dominica, Martinique
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2017 Sep 27 |
Baltimore prosecutors said nearly 300 cases have been dropped due to four allegations of police misconduct and a federal indictment of eight officers on racketeering and fraud charges. Links: USA, Martinique
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2021 Nov 25 |
Protests against COVID-19 restrictions in the French territory of Martinique intensified and the situation is "very strained," after rioters injured police officers, attacked journalists and set fire to the state representative's residence. Links: Martinique, Mad Crowd, COVID-19
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2021 Nov 30 |
French police reinforcements arrived in the Caribbean territory of Martinique to restore order after unrest that erupted over COVID-19 measures, in particular the mandatory vaccination of healthcare workers. Links: France, Martinique, COVID-19
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