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1500's |
1500-1600's: The Spanish were harassed by the native Caribs and by pirates and buccaneers who attacked the Spanish galleons which were carrying riches back to Spain. The pirates who operated in the Islands included Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Henry Morgan, Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake |
1655 |
Jamaica is seized by the British. |
1670 |
Treaty of Madrid: Jamaica formally cedes to the British |
1692 |
The Jamaican capital Port Royal destroyed by an earthquake |
1838 |
Slavery abolished |
1865 |
Morant Bay rebellion: Freed slaves are quelled in their rebellion against the British |
1870 |
Banana plantations set up as the sugar cane industry declines |
1884 |
New constitution adopted |
1938 |
Serious riots and People's National Party (PNP) founded by Norman Manley. |
1939 |
1939-1945 WW2 |
1945 |
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
1958 |
Jamaica becomes a member of the Federation of the West Indies. |
1961 |
Jamaican withdrawal from the Federation of the West Indies. |
1962 |
Jamaican Independence: Jamaica becomes independent within the British Commonwealth |
1972 |
Michael Manley becomes prime minister for the PNP |
1980 |
Edward Seaga becomes prime minister and the US grants the government substantial aid as the country distances itself from Cuba |
1988 |
Hurricane Gilbert |
1989 |
Michael Manley returns as prime minister. |
1992 |
Manley retires and is succeeded as Prime Minister by Percival J Patterson. |
1999 |
July: The army patrols Kingston following a massive increase in crime. |
2004 |
September: Hurricane Ivan |
2006 |
February: Portia Simpson Miller is elected head of PNP |
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