Today in Jamaica History....1504-02-29 - Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians.....1865-10-11 - Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.....1907-01-14 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 & much more.....

Today in Jamaica History

Historical Events

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1494-05-03 - Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St Iago"
1494-05-04 - Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica
1494-05-05 - On 2nd voyage to New World, Christopher Columbus sights Jamaica
1504-02-29 - Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
1655-05-10 - Jamaica captured by English
1692-06-07 - Earthquake in Port Royale, Jamaica, kills 3,000
1692-06-24 - Kingston Jamaica founded
1865-10-11 - Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
1903-04-27 - Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens
1907-01-14 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
1911-04-05 - MCC tour match v Jamaica finishes in a tie
  Explorer of the New WorldChristopher Columbus1911-08-02 - Haiti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica

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