Timeline of Antiguan and Barbudan history

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This is a timeline of Antiguan and Barbudan history, consisting of various important political and historical events. To read about the background to these events, see the History of Antigua and Barbuda.

Year Date Event Source
1520 Don Antonio Serrano attempts to colonise Antigua, expels indigenous people. [1]
1627 Earl of Carlisle granted Antigua. [2]
1629 Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc and his crew attempt to colonise Antigua, leave due to lack of water. [2]
1632 Antigua successfully settled by Sir Thomas Warner, under instructions of the Earl of Carlisle. [2]
1640 Kalinago pillage British settlements. Members of the Governor's family may have been killed. [3]
1654 Major Kalinago attack, Kalinago defeated [4]
1666 4:00 am, 3 November French attack Antigua, occupy it until the Treaty of Breda [5]
1668 13 April Antigua's legislature meets for the first time [6]
1671 British Leeward Islands established [7]
1681 24 August Original five parishes of Antigua are established [8]
1685 9 January Codrington family is granted lease of Barbuda [9]
1689 Christopher Codrington becomes governor [10]

18th century

Year Date Event Source
1702 First town markets established

St. John's elects its first town wardens

 [11]
1706 Daniel Parke arrives in Antigua [12]
1710 7 December Parke is killed [13]
1725 22 January Division of New North Sound (then part of Saint Peter) becomes the Parish of Saint George [14]
1736 Kingdom of Antigua plot uncovered [15]
1772 St. John's and English Harbour are severely damaged by hurricanes [16]
1776 Sancta Rita, a Spanish ship, is shipwrecked off the coast of Barbuda [17]
1793 Black Antiguans allowed to serve in the Antiguan militia's artillery [18]
1794 Antigua joins invasion of Guadeloupe and Martinique [19]

19th century

Year Date Event Source
1800 Census conducted. Antigua has a population of 37,000 [20]
1805 French squadron nearly attacks Antigua, decides to attack Nevis instead [20]
1808 1 March Slave trade abolished [21]
1813 Police force established [21]
1816 British Leeward Islands abolished, Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat established [21]
1820 Census is taken. Antigua has 37,031 people, Barbuda has 503

945-man militia is raised

 [22][23]
1832 British Leeward Islands reestablished [23]
1834 1 August Emancipation Day [24]
1834 Liberta established [24]
1838 1 July Militia is abolished [25]
1842 Bermudian Valley and Bridgetown become ghost towns. Bridgetown residents moved to Freetown [24]
1858 Point uprising due to dispute between Antiguan dockworkers and Barbudan dockworkers [26]
1860 1 August Barbuda reverts to British crown, becomes dependency of Antigua [27]
1871 British Leeward Islands federalise [28]

20th century

21st century

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