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This is a timeline of Antiguan and Barbudan history, consisting of various important political and historical events. To read about the background to these events, see the History of Antigua and Barbuda.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

16th and 17th centuries

Year Date Event Source
1520 Don Antonio Serrano attempts to colonise Antigua, expels indigenous people.
1627 Earl of Carlisle granted Antigua.
1629 Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc and his crew attempt to colonise Antigua, leave due to lack of water.
1632 Antigua successfully settled by Sir Thomas Warner, under instructions of the Earl of Carlisle.
1640 Kalinago pillage British settlements. Members of the Governor's family may have been killed.
1654 Major Kalinago attack, Kalinago defeated
1666 4:00 am, 3 November French attack Antigua, occupy it until the Treaty of Breda
1668 13 April Antigua's legislature meets for the first time
1671 British Leeward Islands established
1685 9 January Codrington family is granted lease of Barbuda
1689 Christopher Codrington becomes governor
1692 11 January Original five parishes of Antigua are established

18th century

Year Date Event Source
1702 First town markets established

St. John's elects its first town wardens

1706 Daniel Parke arrives in Antigua
1710 7 December Parke is killed
1725 22 January Division of New North Sound (then part of Saint Peter) becomes the Parish of Saint George
1736 Kingdom of Antigua plot uncovered
1772 St. John's and English Harbour are severely damaged by hurricanes
1776 Sancta Rita, a Spanish ship, is shipwrecked off the coast of Barbuda
1793 Black Antiguans allowed to serve in the Antiguan militia's artillery
1794 Antigua joins invasion of Guadeloupe and Martinique

19th century

Year Date Event Source
1800 Census conducted. Antigua has a population of 37,000
1805 French squadron nearly attacks Antigua, decides to attack Nevis instead
1808 1 March Slave trade abolished
1813 Police force established
1816 British Leeward Islands abolished, Antigua-Barbuda-Montserrat established
1820 Census is taken. Antigua has 37,031 people, Barbuda has 503

945-man militia is raised

1832 British Leeward Islands reestablished
1834 1 August Emancipation Day
1834 Liberta established
1838 1 July Militia is abolished
1842 Bermudian Valley and Bridgetown become ghost towns. Bridgetown residents moved to Freetown
1858 Point uprising due to dispute between Antiguan dockworkers and Barbudan dockworkers
1860 1 August Barbuda reverts to British crown, becomes dependency of Antigua
1871 British Leeward Islands federalize

20th century

Year Date Event Source
1904 30 April Barbuda Ordinance goes into force, establishes system of island wardens and formalises communal land
1914 14 August Antigua Defence Force put on active duty
1946 26 July First election held in Antigua
1945 Village councils established
1950 December Village council elections held
1951 20 December First democratic election held in Antigua
1958 3 January Colony of Antigua joins the West Indies Federation, becomes the Territory of Antigua
1960 1 January Antigua becomes self-governing
1962 31 May West Indies Federation abolished
1965 29 November General election held
1966 28 February Antigua Constitutional Conference held
1967 27 February Associated State of Antigua established
1969 Barbudan independence movement emerges
1971 11 February Progressive Labour Movement takes office
1981 1 November Antigua gains independence, renamed to Antigua and Barbuda
1984 17 April First election held after independence
1992 Vere Bird involved in bribery scandal
1994 8 March Lester Bird becomes second Prime Minister after an election deemed neither free nor fair
1999 9 March Another election deemed neither free nor fair is held, Lester Bird remains prime minister

21st century

Year Date Event Source
2004 23 March First democratic general elections since 1989 in Antigua and Barbuda are held, Baldwin Spencer becomes Prime Minister
2009 12 March Baldwin Spencer retains office, holding a two-seat majority
2014 12 June Gaston Browne becomes Prime Minister
2017 8 September Nearly all of Barbuda's infrastructure destroyed, entire population evacuated to Antigua until about late 2018.
2018 21 March Early elections held, resulting in a landslide victory for the Labour Party
2023 18 January General election held, Labour Party holds one-seat majority
2024 4 November Asot Michael assassinated

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