The Siboney were the first to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early settlements by the Spanish and French were succeeded by the English who formed a colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
Titel: Fair Antigua, We Salute Thee
Bovenstaande gegevens zijn gedeeltelijk ontleend aan het CIA World Factbook 2006.
| 2008-03-04 | | Sir George Walter, former premier of Antigua (1971-76), dies. |
| 2007-07-17 | | Louise Lake-Tack is sworn in as governor-general. |
| 2005-01-06 | | A reshuffled cabinet is sworn in with Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer taking over the foreign affairs portfolio from Harold Lovell. |
| 2004-03-23 | | In parliamentary elections, the United Progressive Party wins 55.2% of the vote (12 of 17 seats) and the Antigua Labour Party 41.7% (4); a runoff will be held for the Barbuda seat to break a tie. On March 24 Baldwin Spencer is sworn in as prime minister. Harold Lovell becomes foreign minister and Errol Cort finance minister. |
| 2003-06-26 | | Robin Yearwood is appointed finance minister and Longford Jeremy minister of home affairs. |
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