Friday, August 6, 2021

Basic timeline of Antigua and Barbuda


This post is a basic timeline of Antigua and Barbuda. There are 12 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Archaic, Arawakan and Carib cultures (Pre-European era)
  • Christopher Columbus reports seeing Antigua and Barbuda (1493)
  • British Antigua and Barbuda Colony (1632-1981)
  • France invades Antigua and Barbuda (1661)
  • Slave revolt (1701)
  • Slave revolt (1729)
  • Slave revolt (1736)
  • Slavery is abolished in Antigua and Barbuda (1834)
  • West Indies Federation (1958-1962)
  • Antigua and Barbuda gains independence (1981)
  • Hurricane Luis (1995)
  • Hurricane Irma (2017)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Antigua and Barbuda at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Antigua and Barbuda.)