ÿþ<html> <head> <title>WHKMLA : Timelines - The Caribbean </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2006 --> </head> <body bgcolor="lightblue" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"> </a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Historical Distionary </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../whchapters.html"> <img src = "../timelines.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../biographies/wh/biocaribbean.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Biographies </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on June 16th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : The Caribbean </B></font> <BR> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"><i> http://www.zum.de/whkmla/timelines/wh/tlcaribbean.html </i></font> </B></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1492 <BR> 1493 <BR> 1508 <BR> 1509 <BR> 1511 <BR> 1511 <BR> 1552 <BR> 1555 <BR> 1586 <BR> 1589-1597 <BR> 1592 <BR> 1612 <BR> 1623-1624 <BR> 1624-1625 <BR> 1632 <BR> 1632 <BR> 1634 <BR> 1635 <BR> 1640 <BR> 1655 <BR> 1658 <BR> 1659 <BR> 1665 <BR> 1673-1688 <BR> 1697 <BR> 1713 <BR> 1728 <BR> 1748 <BR><BR> 1763 <BR><BR> 1783 <BR> 1784 <BR> 1788-1793 <BR> 1793 <BR> 1795 <BR> 1795-1796 <BR> 1802 <BR> 1802 <BR> 1804 <BR> 1805 <BR> 1809 <BR><BR> 1814 <BR> 1816 <BR> 1821 <BR> 1822 <BR> 1834 <BR> 1844 <BR> 1862 <BR> 1865 <BR> 1865 <BR> 1868-1878 <BR> 1868 <BR> 1878 <BR> 1888 <BR> 1895-1898 <BR> 1897 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1915-1934 <BR> 1916 <BR> 1917 <BR> 1929 <BR> 1930-1961 <BR> 1937 <BR> 1940 <BR> 1942 <BR><BR> 1946 <BR> 1948 <BR> 1954 <BR> 1957-1986 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1962 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1974 <BR> 1979 <BR> 1981 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1994 <BR> 2004 <BR> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Columbus discovered San Salvador (Guanahani, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#bahamas">Bahamas</A>) <BR> Isabella, first permanent European settlement, founded by Columbus on <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#hispaniola">Hispaniola</A> <BR> Spanish conquest of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#puertorico">Puerto Rico</A> <BR> Spanish settlement of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#jamaica">Jamaica</A> <BR> establishment of Audiencia de <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stodomingo">Santo Domingo</A>, of Archdiocesis of Santo Domingo <BR> Spanish conquest of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> <BR> capital of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> moved from Santiago de Cuba to <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#havana">Havana</A> <BR> French privateer Jacques de Sores plundered <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#havana">Havana</A>, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> <BR> capital of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#hispaniola">Hispaniola</A>, Santo Domingo, sacked by Sir Francis Drake <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#havana">Havana</A>, Cuba : Castillo del Moro constructed to protect city against pirate raids <BR> first permanent Spanish settlement on <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#trinidad">Trinidad</A> <BR> English settlement on <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#bermuda">Bermuda</A> established <BR> English, French settled St. Christopher (<A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stkitts">St. Kitts</A>) <BR> English settlement of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#barbados">Barbados</A> <BR> English settlement of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#antigua">Antigua</A> <BR> French settled <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominica">Dominica</A> <BR> Dutch settled <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#curacao">Cura&ccedil;ao</A> <BR> French settled <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</A>, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#martinique">Martinique</A> <BR> English dissenters settled on Eleutheria (<A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#bahamas">Bahamas</A>) <BR> English fleet under William Penn took <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#jamaica">Jamaica</A> <BR> French massacred Carib population of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stlucia">St. Lucia</A> <BR> French settled on <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#tortuga">Tortuga</A> <BR> Danish West India & Guinea Company established; settled <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#danvi">St. Thomas</A> <BR> Henry Morgan governor of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#jamaica">Jamaica</A> <BR> Treaty of Nijmegen; Spain formally ceded western part of Hispaniola (<A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stdomingue">Saint Domingue</A>) to France <BR> Treaty of Utrecht : France ceded her share of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stkitts">St. Kitts</A> to the British <BR> Piracy ended in the <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#bahamas">Bahamas</A> <BR> Treaty of Aachen : declared <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stvincent">St. Vincent</A>, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominica">Dominica</A>, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stlucia">St. Lucia</A> and <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#tobago">Tobago</A> as neutral; previous <BR> proprieties remained unmolested; in effect the Carib ownership of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stvincent">St. Vincent</A> was recognized <BR> Treaty of France; Britain, France partitioned islands; <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stlucia">St. Lucia</A>, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominica">Dominica</A> were allocated to France, <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stvincent">St. Vincent</A> and <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#tobago">Tobago</A> to Britain. <BR> France ceded <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominica">Dominica</A> to the British <BR> France ceded <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stbarthelemy">St. Barthelemy</A> to Sweden <BR> Revolution in Saint Domingue (<A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A>) <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A> : slavery abolished; Spanish invasion <BR> Spain ceded <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stodomingo">Santo Domingo</A> (Spanish part of Hispaniola) to France <BR> Revolt of the Caribs on <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stvincent">St. Vincent</A>; they were deported <BR> Spain ceded <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#trinidad">Trinidad</A> (held by the British since 1797) to Britain <BR> French invasion of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A>; Toissant l'Ouverture captured, slavery reintroduced <BR> Republic of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A> declared independence <BR> President of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A> Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed himself Emperor (Republic restored in 1816) <BR> Spain declared her colonies overseas provinces; <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#puertorico">Puerto Rico</A> sent delegate to Cortes of 1810 (-1814, <BR> 1820-1823) <BR> France ceded <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stlucia">St. Lucia</A> to Britain <BR> Slave revolt on <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#barbados">Barbados</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stodomingo">Santo Domingo</A>, as Spanish Haiti, declared independence <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haitian</A> troops conquered <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominicanrepublic">Spanish Haiti</A> <BR> British Empire : Slavery abolished <BR> Haitians expelled from Spanish Haiti; the latter declared independence as <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominicanrepublic">Dominican Republic</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominicanrepublic">Dominican Republic</A> annexed by Spain <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominicanrepublic">Dominican Republic</A> declared independence again <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#jamaica">Jamaica</A> : Morant Bay Rebellion <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> : rebellion against Spanish rule <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#puertorico">Puerto Rico</A> : revolt against Spanish rule <BR> Sweden sold <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stbarthelemy">St. Barthelemy</A> back to France <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#tobago">Tobago</A> administratively placed under <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#trinidad">Trinidad</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> : rebellion against Spanish rule <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#puertorico">Puerto Rico</A> received a parliament <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#spanishamericanwar">Spanish-American War</A>; main action took place on <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba>/A>; US annexed <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#puertorico">Puerto Rico</A> <BR> US occupation of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#curacao">Cura&ccedil;ao</A> : oil refinery constructed (processing Venezuelan oil) <BR> Denmark sold <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#danvi">Danish West Indies</A> to U.S. => U.S. Virgin Islands <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#curacao">Cura&ccedil:ao</A> briefly occupied by Venezuelan rebels <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominicanrepublic">Dominican Republic</A> : dictatorship of Gen. Rafael Leonida Trujillo <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haitian</A> residents in the <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominicanrepublic">Dominican Republic</A> massacred (20,000); war narrowly averted <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#puertorico">Puerto Rico</A> : US citizenship extended to all Puertoricans <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</A>, facing US naval blockade, switched from allegiance to Vichy govt. to allegiance to <BR> Free French govt. <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</A>, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#martinique">Martinique</A> declared French Overseas Dept. <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#puertorico">Puerto Rico</A> : governors no longer appointed, but elected <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#netherlandsantilles">Netherlands' Antilles</A> (until 1948 called Cura&ccedil;ao) : elevated Overseas Territory <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A> : Duvalier dictatorship (Papa Doc, Baby Doc) <BR> establishment of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#windiesfed">West Indies Federation</A> <BR> Coup d'etat; Fidel Castro took power, established <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> as a People's Republic <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> : invasion by Cuban exiles in the <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#bayofpigs">Bay of Pigs</A> failed <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominicanrepublic">Dominican Republic</A> : dictator Gen. Rafael Leonida Trujillo assassinated <BR> Cuban Missile Crisis; US promised not to invade <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#jamaica">Jamaica</A> independent <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#windiesfed">Federation of the West Indies</A> dissolved <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#trinidad">Trinidad & Tobago</A> independent <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#barbados">Barbados</A> independent <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#bahamas">Bahamas</A> independent <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#grenada">Grenada</A> independent <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stvincent">St. Vincent</A> independent <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#antigua">Antigua</A> independent <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#stkitts">St. Kitts-Nevis</A> granted independence <BR> US invasion of <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#grenada">Grenada</A> <BR> US forces landed in <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A>, forced reinstatement of elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide <BR> US forces landed in <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A>, facilitated takeover of govt. by armed opposition <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "200"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Slavery abolished <BR><BR> US invasions <BR><BR> </font></TD> <BR><TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "510"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> British Empire 1834, Sweden 1846, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#danvi">Danish West Indies</A> 1848, France 1848, <BR> Netherlands 1863, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#puertorico">Puerto Rico</A> 1873, <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> 1886 <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#cuba">Cuba</A> 1898, 1906, 1912, (1961); <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#dominicanrepublic">Dominican Republic</A> 1916, 1965; <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#grenada">Grenada</A> 1993; <BR> <A HREF = "../../histdic/wh/hdcaribbean.html#haiti">Haiti</A> 1915, 1994, 2004 <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "700"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> REFERENCE : <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> </DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "0"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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