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Friday, August 6, 2021
Basic timeline of Antigue 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.)