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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.)