Important Dates in the History of Jamaica Compiled 21 September,1988 by Madeleine E. Mitchell. Amended August 2, 2006 -
NATURAL DISASTERS AND EVENTS IN JAMAICA
1494 3 May Christofe Columbus landed in Jamaica
1655 10 May British Capture Jamaica from Spanish
1662 Oct Population 3,653 Whites, 552 Blacks, total 4,205
1663 Year Jews started settling in Jamaica under British
1664 Jun Four hundred planters came from Barbados
1664 Jul Sir Thomas Modyford came with 200 planters
1670 Year There were 70 Sugar Works in Jamaica
1673 Year Population 7,768 Whites, 9504 Negros, total 17,272
1675 1 Sep 1100 Surinam Settlers Arrived (to St Elizabeth)
1678 Year Jamaica, Rebellion, Caused by prolongation of martial law
1684 Year Jamaica, Rebellion, first serious one
1686 Year Jamaica, Rebellion,sanguinary, at Chapelton, Clarendon
1690 Year Slave Rebellion, Chapelton, Clarendon
1691 Year Jamaica, Rebellion, many White people murdered
1692 7 Jun Earthquake, destroyed Port Royal
1693 Jun Kingston was laid out
1702 Year Jamaica, Rebellion, eastern districts
1704 9 Jan. - Fire destroyed Port Royal
1711 Jun Hurricane, Westmoreland, Property destroyed
1712 28 Aug Hurricane, All Island
1712 28 Aug Earthquake
1714 29 Aug Hurricane
1717 Year Jamaica, Rebellion, repeated attempts, causing great alarm
1722 28 Aug Free School founded at Walton, St Ann
1722 Year Jamaica, Rebellion, Musquito Indians introduced to quell it
1722 28 Aug Hurricane, All Island and Earthquake
1726 22 Oct Storm
1728 Jun Coffee introduced in Jamaiaca from French West Indies by Sir Nicholas Lawes at Temple Hall, St Andrew.
1729 Year Wolmers Free School Established
1734 Year Jamaica, Rebellion, the Black town Nanny taken
1738 1 Mar Jamaica, Rebellion, under Cudjoe
1738 Year Mannings School, Savanna-La-Mar founded
1739 Year There were 429 Sugar Works in Jamaica
1739 Jun Jamaica, Rebellion, under Quaco, in Trelawney
1740 Year Jamaica, Rebellion, speedily subdued
1744 20 Oct Earthquake & Hurricane, Sav-La-Mar destroyed, Kingston & Port Royal badly damaged
1745 Year Jamaica, conspiracy to assassinate the Whites
1746 Year Slave Insurrection
1751 2 Sep Storm
1754 7 Dec Moravian Mission Founded
1755 Year Kingston became the capitol
1758 Year Spanish Town restored as capitol
1758 Year Jamaica, Rebellion in Trelawney