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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. [3] 1632 Antigua successfully settled by Sir Thomas Warner, under instructions of the Earl of Carlisle. [4] 1640
Christopher Columbus made contact with Antigua in 1493. [1] He named it Santa Maria de la Antigua after a church in Spain. [2] Antigua was ignored by Europeans until 1520, when Don Antonio Serrano and a small party attempted to colonise it. He was granted a letters-patent by the King of Spain to take control of Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, and ...
This is a timeline of Cuban history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Cuba and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Cuba. See also the list of colonial governors of Cuba and list of presidents of Cuba
A snap election was called three years later, and the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party led by the incumbent Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne dominated the elections with a landslide victory of 15-1-1. General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 18 January 2023 to elect members of the House of Representatives.
In defiance to the king, the governor at the time, John Thomas, refused to make Antigua the centre of the Leeward Islands administration, preferring St. Kitts. Due to another conflict, Antigua was put into a state of defence in the early 1800s, and in 1805, a French squadron nearly landed in Antigua before deciding to attack Nevis instead. [19]
In 1821 several conspiracies were discovered and their promoters were pursued. One of the most representative among them was the poet José María Heredia.With the absolute power that Fernando VII again imposed in Spain and its dominion, the opposition among the Creoles and Spaniards in Cuba was heightened.
In the 20th century the Caribbean was again important during World War II, in the decolonization wave in the post-war period, and in the tension between Communist Cuba and the United States (U.S.). Genocide, slavery, immigration and rivalry between world powers have given Caribbean history an impact disproportionate to the size of this small ...
In 1859, the Barbuda (Extension of Laws of Antigua) Act was passed, beginning the merger process between Antigua and Barbuda. [5] On 1 August 1860, the island reverted to the British crown, ending Codrington rule and officially uniting the two islands. [6] [7] In 1871, the British Leeward Islands were federalized, ending the post-emancipation ...