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Timeline of the history of Barbados
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XVIth century[edit | edit source]

Year Date Event
1511 23 december Barbados initially shows up on Spanish guides and is alluded to by King Ferdinand of Spain as Los Barbudos (Barbados), alongside Cobaco (Tobago) and Mayo (obscure).
1512 July 3 Lord Ferdinand makes reference to that on the islands of Los Barbudos, Dominica, Martino (Martinique), St Nick Lucia, San Vincente, La Asunción (Grenada) and Tavaco (Tobago), a few Indians called Caribe were caught because of their protection from Christianity .
1518   The Spanish crown orders Judge Rodrigo de Figueroa to figure out which spaces of the district were populated by the Caribbean. Subsequently, the islands considered as non-Caribbean were: Trinidad, Lucaya (Bahamas), Barbados, Gigantes and Margarita.
vs. 1532-1536   Portuguese adventurer Pedro A. Campos finds totally uninhabited Barbados; the island is asserted by the Portuguese.
1541   Spanish observer Alonza de St Nick Cruz discusses individuals of Barbados in the past tense.

XVIIth century[edit | edit source]

Year Date Event
1620   English Skipper Simon Gordon might have made a concise arriving in Barbados. The Portuguese leave Barbados.
1625   Courteen sends Skipper John Powell to build up a super durable state on the island, yet the boat gets back to Britain subsequent to being not able to find the island (until 1627).
  Courteen sends a second representative from Britain, driven by Commander Henry Powell (sibling of John Powell), to the boat known as William and John .
July The passing dealer transport, "Olive Bloom" possessed by English merchant William Courteen (and headed by Chief John Powell), landed in St. James Town and raised a cross with the engraving "for James K. of I. furthermore this island "; other belongings are additionally left before flight for Britain.
1627 February 17 Eighty English pioneers, with ten African slaves (caught adrift) on board the ship William and John disembark in St. James Town (until February 20).
February 25 King English Charles I gave Courten, by the way of royal letters license , proprietorship and title to different grounds of South America (Courten that applies to guarantee the Barbados).
July 2nd Charles gave James Roughage, first Baron of Carlisle , through the Royal Letters Patent, the proprietorship of the Caribbean islands which lie somewhere in the range of ten and twenty levels of scope.
1628 July the 5th Baron Carlisle, addressed by Lead representative Charles Wolferstone (of Bermuda ), builds up a province and the capital moves from Courteen State in St. James Town to the current area of Bridgetown . Under Wolverstone's power, the lead representative delegates a gathering comprised of the main landowners to aid the administration of the island.
1629   Carlisle's service forces arrive in Barbados and capture Lead representative Courten.
  The settlement is partitioned into six unique parishes. A sacristy structure is intended for nearby government, and areas are controlled by chose landowners who have the expert for burden and fill essential civil roles, like street support.
1639   The parliament (the Office of Gathering then, at that point, known as the Office of Average) held its first meeting; it is comprised of sixteen landowners picked by the lead representative.
1640   The development of sugar starts on the island.
1642   English Common War : enormous convergence of English parliamentarians and monarchists on the island (until 1651).
  The English parliament sends an armada to impede the ports of Barbados, the island gives up in December and consents to recognize Charles II as ruler (until 1651).
1645   The state is again partitioned into eleven areas, each with two delegates in the Place of Gathering.
1652 January 11 The Barbados Sanction (Deal of Oistins) is endorsed between the occupants and the Crown, the articles of which affirm Get together and opportunity of inner voice.
  The House and the Authoritative Committee (the leader assortment of government) start to hold separate meetings.
1668 April 18 Bridgetown magazine detonates, 80% of Bridgetown (800 houses) is annihilated by a major fire.
1671 October 3 Quaker leader George Fox visits the island.
1675 May First slave resistance.
1660   Charles II knights eleven men of their word of Barbados. White contractors (smallholders) were generally supplanted by dark slaves from West Africa (numerous from present-day Ghana ) (until 1680).
1680   White laborers basically travel to Carolina ( Charleston, South Carolina ) and different islands in western India, including Jamaica .
1682   The class of sugar grower becomes dominant. They wed the English nobility and purchase seats in Parliament.

XVIIIth century[edit | edit source]

Year Date Event
1733   Harrison School (once Harrison's Free School) was established by Bridgetown trader Thomas Harrison.
1745   Codrington School, named after the late Christopher Codrington, was established by the Anglican Church .
1750   The grapefruit ( Citrus Paradisi ), then, at that point, known as the "illegal organic product tree" is (interestingly) recorded through an outline in The Normal History of Barbados by the Welsh Reverend Griffith Hughes.
1751 November Visit of George Washington , making his main outing outside the American mainland (until December).
1795   The English government sets up a long-lasting area power in the Eastern Caribbean, situated in Barbados.

XIXth century[edit | edit source]

Year Date Event
1816 April 14-16 The Bussa Revolt, the biggest slave revolt throughout the entire existence of Barbados.
1831   Dry men who meet the states of possession reserve the privilege to decide in favor of representatives.
1833   The Servitude Annulment Demonstration of 1833 was passed, finishing the act of bondage all through the British Empire .
1834   Servitude itself is annulled and the relatives of subjugated and liberated Africans, who comprise most of the number of inhabitants in Barbados, start a course of infiltration into society. Samuel Jackman Prescod turns into the principal individual of (fractional) African drop to be chosen for Parliament.
1835   Police are prepared.
1861 March 29 Presentation of running water to Bridgetown .
1867   The port police are set up.
1875   Uprisings (presently known as "Alliance Uprisings") happen because of endeavors by the Majestic Crown to build up a Crown Settlement government consisting of Barbados and the Windward Islands (until 1876) .
1881   The Leader Chamber is made independently from the Upper House by a demonstration of the nearby Parliament.
1882   The port police are converged with the land police.
1885   The endeavor to join the Confederate Island with the Windward Islands is deserted, the capital of the Windward Islands moves to St. George, Grenada; and the island restores self-government.

XXth century[edit | edit source]

Year Date Event
1928 May Presentation of St. Michael's Young ladies' School.
1934   Grantley Adams is chosen for the Place of Get together.
1937 July Riots in Bridgetown.
1938 March Development of the Barbados Moderate Association BPL (later the Barbados Work Party).
1944   Ladies reserve the privilege to cast a ballot.
1946   Races: Barbados Work Party drove by Grantley Adams becomes majority leader .
1951   Races: first election by general suffrage .
1954   Formation of the "ecclesiastical" framework with a bureau and the Head of the state's office. Grantley Adams is designated first top state leader of the settlement.
1955   The Democratic Work Party (led by Errol Barrow ) was shaped after a split from the Barbados Work Party.
1956   Decisions: Won by the Barbados Work Party, driven by Grantley Adams.
1958 January 3 Barbados joins ten other territories of the English West Indies to structure the Federation of the West Indies , drove by Grantley Adams as State leader.
1960 May 31 The public authority of the Alliance of the West Indies implodes because of inward contentions, Barbados gets back to inside independence.
1961   Decisions: won by the Popularity based Work Party, driven by Errol Barrow who becomes State head.
  Barbados achieves full internal self-government .
March 10 The port of Bridgetown, at a cost of 28 000 000 $ EC is officially finished and inaugurated. Construction started in 1956.
1963   The University of the West Indies opens a neighborhood grounds in Bridgetown Harbor prior to moving it to Buckle Slope.
1964   The Authoritative Gathering is supplanted by the Senate.
  The democratic age is diminished to 18 years.
1966 November 30 Barbados (administered by Errol Hand truck as State leader) gains autonomy from the UK.
1969   The Barbados Junior college (BCC) is established by the public authority of Barbados.
1971   The Place of Get together changes to 24 single-part bodies electorate.
  Decisions: Won by the Popularity based Work Party, driven by Errol Barrow .
1972 May 2 The local central bank is established by a demonstration of parliament.
1976 September 2 Decisions: Won by the Barbados Work Party, driven by JMGM "Tom" Adams.
October 6 The Cubana flight 455 was besieged soon after taking off from the airport of Bridgetown-Grantley Adams .
1977 November 2 Toward the finish of the Silver Jubilee the Queen , the Concorde (G-BOAE) makes its launch to Barbados; Queen Elizabeth makes her first supersonic trip in the UK. [1] [2]
1979 March, 31st The US Maritime Office (NAVFAC) formally closes at Harrison's Point, St. Lucia, after it was authorized on October 1, 1957.
nineteen eighty one   The Place of Gathering grows to 27 single-part voting demographics.
June 18 Races: Won by the Barbados Work Party, driven by JMGM "Tom" Adams.
1985 March 11 On the demise of JMGM "Tom" Adams, Harold Bernard St. John turns into the third state head.
1986 May 28 Races: Won by the Vote based Work Party, driven by Errol Barrow .
1989 8 March The Sovereign praises the 350th commemoration of the establishing of the Parliament of Barbados (until Walk 11).
1991   Decisions: Won by the Popularity based Work Party, driven by Erskine Sandiford.
  The Place of Get together grows to 28 single-part bodies electorate.
1994   Decisions: Won by the Barbados Work Party, driven by Owen Arthur .
1999   Decisions: Won by the Barbados Work Party, driven by Owen Arthur .

XXIth century[edit | edit source]

Year Date Event
2003   The Place of Get together extends to 30 single-part voting demographics.
May 21 Decisions: Won by the Barbados Work Party, driven by Owen Arthur .
August 30 English Airways Concorde is making its last business trip among Barbados and London.
2005 March 29 Mob and fire break out in Glendairy Jail inciting the review of military work force from encompassing islands to suppress the uprising (until Walk 30).
2006 March 16 Caribbean Courtroom gives first decision in Barbados maligning case -  Rediffusion Administration Ltd v. Asha Mirchandani Smash Mirchandani (McDonald Homesteads Ltd) . The case denotes the authority end of Barbados' over 170-year relationship with the London-based Private Gathering Legal Board of trustees.
2007 March 4 The Cricket World Cup takes place in the West Indies region. Barbados has various warm-up and Very 8 matches, just as the last (until April 28).
2008 January 15th Races: Won by the Popularity based Work Party, driven by David Thompson .
2010 January 31 Sovereign Harry of the and Ruler Seeiso of are arranging the Sentembale Polo charity event in .
April 30 A few nations in the district are facilitating the ICC World Twenty20 event , including the finals in Barbados (until May 16).
September 3 The Tudor Road store, Grounds Trendz, is destroyed by an intolerable theft. This prompts a day of public grieving on September 10. [3] [4]
2011 June 25 Notable Bridgetown and its Post pronounced Site of World Heritage of UNESCO .
2011 September Acquaintance of the 6th Structure with St. Michael's School and the Christ Church Establishment School.
2013 February Decisions: won by the Vote based Work Party, driven by Freundel Stuart .

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