Grenada History Timeline and Historical Dates
History Timeline
1498
498 Christopher Columbus sights Grenada.
1650
1650 Du Parquet arrives and settles successfully on the island
1763
1763 Grenada ceded to the British under the Treaty of Paris
1779
The French re-capture the island
1783
1783 The island is handed back and permanently ceded to the British under the Treaty of Versailles.
1795
The ‘The Fedon Rebellion’
1951
Grenada Manual and Metal Workers’ Union strike, led by Gairy.
1974
1974 Full independence granted on February 7, 1974.
1979
March 13th, Bishop seized power from Gairy in bloodless coup
1983
Coard overthrows Bishop in a coup d’etat
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Grenada info
National Anthem: “Hail, Grenada”.
Capital: Saint George’s
Prime ministers of Grenada
Eric Matthew Gairy – Aug 1967 – 13 Mar 1979 (from 1977, Sir Eric Matthew Gairy)
Maurice Rupert Bishop – 13 Mar 1979 – 19 Oct 1983 ( (de facto deposed 14 Oct 1983)
Hudson Austin (head of Revolutionary Military Council) 19 Oct 1983 – 25 Oct 1983
Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite 9 Dec 1983 – 4 Dec 1984 (1st time)(chairman interim advisory council)
Herbert A. Blaize 4 Dec 1984 – 19 Dec 1989
Ben Joseph Jones 20 Dec 1989 – 16 Mar 1990
Nicholas Alexander Brathwaite 16 Mar 1990 – 1 Feb 1995 (2nd time)
George Ignatius Brizan 1 Feb 1995 – 22 Jun 1995
Keith Claudius Mitchell 22 Jun 1995 –
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