Bahamas

By alexarothman
  • Apr 20, 1492

    The Bahamas was discovered

    Christopher Columbus makes his first landing in the New World in the Bahamas.

  • First settlement on the Bahamas

    The English and Bermudan religious refugees established the first European settlement on the Bahamas.

  • Colonization of New Providence Island begins

    Colonists from Bermuda settles on New Providence, which later became the center of population and commerce in the Bahamas.

  • Bahamas becomes a British crown colony

    Britain retained the island country by the end of the century as part of the Treaty of Versailles

  • American War for Independence

    During the American War for Independence from Great Britain, eight colonial warships captures Fort Montague and Fort Nassu, which then led to the Battle of Nassau

  • Spain cedes the Bahamas

    Spain capitulates the Islands to Britain in relation with the Treaty of Paris

  • Emancipation of Slaves

    The slavery abolition act ended slavery in the British Emipre on August 1.

  • Slavery is Abolished in the Bahamas

    Slaves were no longer wrecked, controlled by licenses and flourished until lighthouses were built on the major islands

  • The American Civil War

    The Civil War brought great wealth to Nasau and created a major supply base for the Confederacy, which was fighitng for slavery

  • Signing of the Hawksbill Creek Agreement

    The Hawksbill Creek Agreement paved the way to establishment of Lucaya

  • Voting is permitted for women

    After multiple failed petitions in 1958 and 1959, victory finally came in the year 1960. However, the act did not come into force until 1962 and during the general elections in November, women voted for the first time in Bahmian history.

  • Bahamian Constitution is revised

    After the revisions, the colony of the Bahama islands became the commonwealth of the bahamas and the premier became the Prime Minister

  • The Bahamas becomes Independent

    A conference in London agreed the colony should have full internal self-- government.

  • Free National Movement ends

    Politician Perry Christie leads Progressive Liberal Party to a landslide victory, which lead to an unseating of the Free National Movement;the movement had been in power for ten years.