Saint Kitts And Nevis

By chance.hunziker
  • Jan 16, 1493

    Christopher Columbus landed on islands; named St. Kitts after patron saint, Christopher

  • British established first colony on St. Kitts

  • British massacred 2,000 indigenous Caribs

  • British established colony on Nevis

  • Claims to St. Kitts relinquished by France under Treaty of Versailles

  • St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla united as British dependency

  • Center-left Labor Party founded to campaign for independence

  • St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla became internally self-governing member of West Indies Associated States with Robert Bradshaw, Labor Party leader, prime minister

  • St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla became internally self-governing member of West Indies Associated States with Robert Bradshaw, Labor Party leader, prime minister

  • St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla became internally self-governing member of West Indies Associated States with Robert Bradshaw, Labor Party leader, prime minister