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Important Jamaican people, dates and events
First claimed by the Spanish
Jamaica is seized by the British
Morant Bay rebellion: Jamaica becomes a crown colony
Jamaican Independence

The Ciboney, Arawak and the Carib Indians first inhabited Jamaica

Jamaica Timeline

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1492

 

The island was not discovered by Europeans until  Christopher Columbus first landed in the New World

1509

 

The Spanish claim the Island
Many of the indigenous Arawak community dies off from exposure to European diseases
African slaves shipped from Africa to work on the sugar plantations

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
Jamaica became the world's largest sugar exporting nation with the massive use of imported African slave labor. The sugar plantations, worked by African slaves, lead to a slave trading and slave auctions

1692

 

The Jamaican capital Port Royal destroyed by an earthquake
Spanish Town becomes the new capital.
Kingston was founded

1838

 

Slavery abolished

1865

 

Morant Bay rebellion:  Freed slaves are quelled in their rebellion against the British
Jamaica becomes a crown colony

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
Alexander Bustamante elected prime minister.

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
March: Portia Simpson Miller becomes Jamaica's first female PM in March.

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