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Instead of choosing a single winning design, it was decided that the new flag was to be an amalgamation of the elements from various submissions. [4] It was first hoisted at midnight on 10 July 1973, the day the Bahamas became an independent country. [4] [6] The new country also changed its name from the Bahama Islands to the Bahamas upon ...
Flag of the governor of the Bahamas Islands: A British Union Flag with the Badge of the Bahamas Islands. Note: change in the design of the badge. 1953–1964: Flag of the Crown Colony of the Bahamas Islands: A British Blue Ensign with the Badge of the Bahamas Islands. Note: change in the design of the crown within the badge. 1953–1964: Civil ...
The earliest permanent European settlement was in 1648 on Eleuthera, settled by the British. During the 18th century slave trade, many purchased African slaves were brought to the Bahamas to work unpaid. Their descendants now constitute 85% of the Bahamian population. The Bahamas gained independence from the United Kingdom on July 10, 1973.
1526: Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón briefly establishes the failed settlement of San Miguel de Gualdape in South Carolina, the first site of enslavement of Africans in North America and of the first slave rebellion. 1527: Fishermen are using the harbor at St. John's, Newfoundland and other places on the coast.
The Eleutheran Adventurers were a group of English Puritans and religious Independents who left Bermuda to settle on the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas in the late 1640s. . The small group of Puritan settlers, led by William Sayle, were expelled from Bermuda for their failure to swear allegiance to the Crown and left in search of a place in which they could freely practice their fa
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
The Bahamas were hosts of the first men's senior FIFA tournament to be staged in the Caribbean, the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. [180] The Bahamas also hosted the first three editions of the IAAF World Relays. [181] The nation also hosted the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, [182] along with annual events Bahamas Bowl [183] and Battle 4 ...
Bahamas International Championships; Bahamas at the 1952 Summer Olympics; British Empire in World War II; Civil ensign; Flag of the Bahamas; Flags of North America; Historical flags of the British Empire and the overseas territories; List of Bahamian flags; List of Star class sailors at the Summer Olympics; List of athletes with the most ...