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This is a '''timeline of [[Antigua and Barbuda|Antiguan and Barbudan]] history''', consisting of various important political and historical events. To read about the background to these events, see the [[History of Antigua and Barbuda]]. |
This is a '''timeline of [[Antigua and Barbuda|Antiguan and Barbudan]] history''', consisting of various important political and historical events. To read about the background to these events, see the [[History of Antigua and Barbuda]]. |
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This is a timeline of Antiguan and Barbudan history, consisting of various important political and historical events. To read about the background to these events, see the History of Antigua and Barbuda.
16th and 17th centuries
Year | Date | Event | Source |
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1520 | Don Antonio Serrano attempts to colonise Antigua, expels indigenous people. | [1] | |
1627 | Earl of Carlisle granted Antigua. | [2] | |
1629 | Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc and his crew attempt to colonise Antigua, leave due to lack of water. | [3] | |
1632 | Antigua successfully settled by Sir Thomas Warner, under instructions of the Earl of Carlisle. | [4] | |
1640 | Kalinago pillage British settlements. Members of the Governor's family may have been killed. | [5] | |
1654 | Major Kalinago attack, Kalinago defeated | [6] | |
1666 | 4:00 am, 3 November | French attack Antigua, occupy it until the Treaty of Breda | [7] |
1668 | 13 April | Antigua's legislature meets for the first time | [8] |
1671 | British Leeward Islands established | [9] | |
1685 | 9 January | Codrington family is granted lease of Barbuda | [10] |
1689 | Christopher Codrington becomes governor | [11] | |
1692 | 11 January | Original five parishes of Antigua are established | [12] |
18th century
Year | Date | Event | Source |
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1702 | First town markets established
St. John's elects its first town wardens |
[13] | |
1706 | Daniel Parke arrives in Antigua | [14] | |
1710 | 7 December | Parke is killed | [15] |
1725 | 22 January | Division of New North Sound (then part of Saint Peter) becomes the Parish of Saint George | [16] |
1736 | Kingdom of Antigua plot uncovered | [17] | |
1772 | St. John's and English Harbour are severely damaged by hurricanes | [18] | |
1776 | Sancta Rita, a Spanish ship, is shipwrecked off the coast of Barbuda | [19] | |
1793 | Black Antiguans allowed to serve in the Antiguan militia's artillery | [20] | |
1794 | Antigua joins invasion of Guadeloupe and Martinique | [21] |
19th century
Year | Date | Event | Source |
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1800 | Census conducted. Antigua has a population of 37,000 | [22] | |
1805 | French squadron nearly attacks Antigua, decides to attack Nevis instead | [23] | |
1808 | 1 March | Slave trade abolished | [24] |
1813 | Police force established | [25] | |
1816 | British Leeward Islands abolished, Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat established | [25] | |
1820 | Census is taken. Antigua has 37,031 people, Barbuda has 503
945-man militia is raised |
[26][27] | |
1832 | British Leeward Islands reestablished | [28] | |
1834 | 1 August | Emancipation Day | [29] |
1834 | Liberta established | [30] | |
1838 | 1 July | Militia is abolished | [31] |
1842 | Bermudian Valley and Bridgetown become ghost towns. Bridgetown residents moved to Freetown | [32] | |
1858 | Point uprising due to dispute between Antiguan dockworkers and Barbudan dockworkers | [33] | |
1860 | 1 August | Barbuda reverts to British crown, becomes dependency of Antigua | [34] |
1871 | British Leeward Islands federalise | [35] |
20th century
Year | Date | Event | Source |
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1904 | 30 April | Barbuda Ordinance goes into force, establishes system of island wardens and formalises communal land | [36] |
1914 | 14 August | Antigua Defence Force put on active duty | [37] |
1946 | 26 July | First election held in Antigua | [38] |
1945 | Village councils established | [39] | |
1950 | December | Village council elections held | [39] |
1951 | 20 December | First democratic election held in Antigua | [40] |
1958 | 3 January | Colony of Antigua joins the West Indies Federation, becomes the Territory of Antigua | [41] |
1960 | 1 January | Antigua becomes self-governing | [42] |
1962 | 31 May | West Indies Federation abolished | [43] |
1965 | 29 November | General election held | [44] |
1966 | 28 February | Antigua Constitutional Conference held | [45] |
1967 | 27 February | Associated State of Antigua established | [46] |
1969 | Barbudan independence movement emerges | [34] | |
1971 | 11 February | Progressive Labour Movement takes office | [47] |
1981 | 1 November | Antigua gains independence, renamed to Antigua and Barbuda | [48][49] |
1984 | 17 April | First election held after independence | |
1992 | Vere Bird involved in bribery scandal | [50] | |
1994 | 8 March | Lester Bird becomes second Prime Minister after an election deemed neither free nor fair | [51] |
1999 | 9 March | Another election deemed neither free nor fair is held, Lester Bird remains prime minister | [52] |
21st century
Year | Date | Event | Source |
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2004 | 23 March | First democratic general elections since 1989 in Antigua and Barbuda are held, Baldwin Spencer becomes Prime Minister | |
2009 | 12 March | Baldwin Spencer retains office, holding a two-seat majority | |
2014 | 12 June | Gaston Browne becomes Prime Minister | |
2017 | 8 September | Nearly all of Barbuda's infrastructure destroyed, entire population evacuated to Antigua until about late 2018. | |
2018 | 21 March | Early elections held, resulting in a landslide victory for the Labour Party | |
2023 | 18 January | General election held, Labour Party holds one-seat majority | |
2024 | 4 November | Asot Michael assassinated |
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