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Saturday, July 31, 2021

Basic timeline of Trinidad and Tobago

This post is a basic timeline of Trinidad and Tobago. There are 13 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Ortoiroid culture (4000 BC)
• Barrancoid culture (250 - 650 AD)
• Arauquinoid culture (650 AD)
• Guayabitoid culture (1300 AD)
• Christopher Columbus and Spain arrive (1498)
• Spanish Viceroyalty of New Granada (1717 - 1821)
• Spanish Captaincy General of Venezuela (1777-1824)
• Britain invades Trinidad and Tobago (1797)
• British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago (1889-1962)
• British West Indian labor unrest (1934-1939)
• Trinidad and Tobago gains independence (1962)
• Black Power Revolution (1968-1970)
• Attempted coup d'état (1990)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Trinidad and Tobago at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Trinidad and Tobago.)