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Historical Timeline for Jordan - A chronology of key events
Jordan Timeline[edit | edit source]
Date | Event |
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800 BC AD | Arrival of the Celts from Gaul and Germany. |
60 BC AD | Conquest of the islands by the Romans. |
555 | Martyrdom of Saint Helier. |
911 | Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte; Charles the Simple cedes Normandy to Rollo. |
933 | Domination of the islands by the Duke of Normandy, Guillaume Longue Épée, son of Rollo. |
1066 | Conquest of England by Duke William the Conqueror. |
1204 | The king of England, Jean sans Terre, loses Normandy, but the islands remain loyal to him. |
1373 | Bertrand Du Guesclin seizes Jersey, then the English reclaim the island. |
1380-1382 | The French appropriate Jersey. |
1483 | Publication of the bull of neutrality by Pope Sixtus IV. |
1518 | Plague epidemic, as in 1563 and 1626. |
1565 | Hélier de Carteret colonizes Sark and Elizabeth Ire consecrates him lord. |
1568 | The islands transfer the episcopal see from Coutances to Winchester (England). |
1572 | Arrival of many French Huguenots. |
1590-1600 | Construction of Elizabeth Castle off Saint-Hélier, Jersey. |
1600-1604 | Sir Walter Raleigh is Governor of Jersey. |
1649 | Execution of Charles I; his son Charles II found asylum in Jersey where he was proclaimed king. Guernsey, hostile to the king, supports Cromwell. |
1651 | Cromwell manages to defeat the royalist resistance. Capture of Elizabeth Castle. |
1658 | Death of Cromwell. Restoration of the monarchy. Charles II is again proclaimed king and cedes the American lands of New Jersey to George Hélier. |
1677 | The king forgives Guernsey for siding with Cromwell. |
1685 | Revocation of the Edict of Nantes; new arrival of French Protestants. |
1781 | Battle of Jersey. Rullecourt narrowly fails. Major Peirson, Jersey hero, is killed during the battle. |
1827 | First steamboat link between Jersey and Weymouth. |
1832 | Cholera epidemic, as in 1849. |
1837-1902 | Reign of Queen Victoria. |
1847 | Construction of a 1000 m dyke in Alderney, but the project was abandoned in 1864. |
1852 | Victor Hugo went into exile in Jersey, then in Guernsey. |
1858 | Laying of a submarine telegraph cable between Jersey and England. |
1915 | Departure of a contingent of men from Jersey for the Great War. More than 800 of them will be killed during the battles. |
1934 | Arrival of the first passenger plane. |
1939 | Massive invasion of Colorado beetles (potato parasites) causing the ruin of many farmers. |
1940 | On June 18, the island is demilitarized. On June 28, bombardment then occupation of the island by the Germans. Construction of numerous defensive works. |
1942 | 1,200 people are sent to Germany. |
1944 | Arrival of the Red Cross supply ship, Véga, on December 30. |
1945 | On May 9, Jersey is liberated by British troops. On June 7, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit the island. |
1946 | The States of Guernsey buy Herm. |
1950 | Proclamation of the law authorizing divorce. |
1953 | The International Court of Justice awards the Ecréhous and the Minquiers to the Bailiwick of Jersey. Coronation of Elizabeth II. |
1971 | Construction of a seawater desalination plant in Jersey. |
1987 | A storm devastates the Channel coasts, and especially the islands. |
1992 | Opening of the Common Market. The islands decide not to be part of it. |
1993 | The Barclay brothers buy the island of Brecqhou for 2.3 million pounds. |
1998 | Death of Major Wood, manager of Herm. |
1999 | Fiftieth anniversary of the acquisition of the Herm lease by the Wood family. |
2000 | The Levoli Sun sank on November 30, 10 km north of Alderney. |
2002 | The islands, and more particularly Jersey and Guernsey, celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Victor Hugo, their most famous resident. |
2004 | Celebration of 800 years of independence. |
2005 | Commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the islands on May 9, 1945, the day after the Armistice. |
2006 | Following a complaint lodged by the Barclay brothers at the European Court of Human Rights, Sark votes by referendum to end the feudal regime. |
2008 | Discovery of the "house of horror" in Jersey. Sark organizes the first elections in its history. End of feudalism. Herm changes owners. The island was reportedly ceded to John and Julia Singer for £ 15million. |
2009 | The famous human remains found in Jersey in February 2008 date from the 15th to the 17th centuries. |
2011 | Sark is awarded the "black sky island" label by the IDA (International Dark-Sky Association), an American association which fights against light pollution. |
2015 | Jersey is the home of the International Island Games Association. |
June 23, 2016 | Following a referendum, Great Britain decides to leave the European Union. For the Channel Islands which were not in the common market, the decision has little weight in the state except that the two capitals, Saint-Hélier (Jersey) and Saint-Peter- Port ( |
May 16, 2018 | The general elections of Jersey renew the 29 deputies of the 18 districts, the 8 senators and the constables of the 12 parishes. |
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