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Historical Timeline for Guyana - A chronology of key events
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Guyana Timeline[edit | edit source]

  • Explored by Spanish navigators from 1499 onwards, Guyana was occupied by the Dutch at the beginning of the 17th century. In 1814, the Netherlands ceded the region to the English, who officially named it English Guiana in 1831. The colonial authorities, faced with the difficulties encountered in recruiting manual workers from among the indigenous people, decided to replace them with black slaves.
  • With the abolition of slavery in 1837, Indian workers replaced blacks on plantations in the interior. These transfers of considerable human contingents are responsible for the heterogeneity of the country's population.
  • In 1950, Cheddi Jagan founded the Popular Progressive Party, a political group formed mainly by the population of mestizo origin, and presented a program of profound social reforms, while showing himself to be in favor of independence. The People's National Congress, a party of blacks, led by Forbes Burnham and less radical in its demands, managed to get the support of the white population, formed mainly by descendants of ex-contract workers, who came from Madeira Island in the 19th century. Jagan won the 1961 elections, but several racial disturbances delayed independence. Jagan won new elections in 1964. Shortly thereafter, the British governor named Burnham as prime minister.
  • In 1966 the country achieved its independence within the Commonwealth.

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