Jamaica

Ereignisse (10)

• 1494

  5/5 — Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.

• 1655

  5/10 — England, with troops under the command of Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.

• 1657

  10/30 — Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios during the Anglo-Spanish War.

• 1658

  6/25 — Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.

• 1865

  10/11 — Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

• 1960

  1/21 — Avianca Flight 671 crashes and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica killing 37. It is the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca.

• 1962

  8/6 — Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

• 1962

  9/18 — Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.

• 1966

  4/21 — Rastafari-Bewegung: Haile Selassie aus Äthiopien besucht Jamaika, ein Ereignis, das heute als Grounation Day gefeiert wird.

• 1988

  9/12 — Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.