Timeline of Kingston, Jamaica
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Prior to 19th century
- 1692 – 7 June: The Jamaica earthquake destroys Port Royal due to heavy liquefaction and a tsunami; around 5,000 are killed there. Residents resettle nearby thus establishing Kingston. [1]
- 1690s – Parish Church built (approximate date). [2]
- 1703 - Port Royal laid waste by fire. [3]
- 1712 – Hurricane. [4]
- 1720 – Pirate Calico Jack hanged. [ citation needed ]
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1722
- Hurricane. [4]
- Weekly Jamaica Courant newspaper in publication. [5]
- 1729 – Wolmers's School founded.
- 1740 – "Twelve Apostles" battery constructed. [1]
- 1746 – Theatre opens in Harbour Street. [6]
- 1750 – Sephardic synagogue built. [1]
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1755
- House of Assembly (legislature of British Jamaica ) relocated to Kingston from Spanish Town. [7]
- Population: 10,000 (approximate). [1]
- 1771 – 3 September: An earthquake causes moderate damage in Port Royal and Kingston. [8]
- 1775 – American Company of Comedians in performance. [9]
- 1780 - Fire. [3]
- 1783 – Kingston Race Course laid out.
- 1788 – Population: 26,478 (of which 16,659 were slaves). [1]
- 1794 – Kingston Medical Society founded. [10]
19th century
- 1802 – Kingston incorporated. [11]
- 1807 – Slave trade officially abolished per Slave Trade Act .
- 1823 – Population: 33,000 (approximate). [12]
- 1824 – Jamaica Journal and Kingston Chronicle newspaper begins publication. [13]
- 1825 – Jamaica Horticultural Society founded. [10]
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1834
- Slavery officially abolished per Slavery Abolition Act .
- Jamaica Gleaner newspaper begins publication. [14] [15]
- Mico College founded. [2]
- 1843
- 1845 – Spanish Town -Kingston railway (Jamaica Railway Company) begins operating [17] and Kingston railway station opens.
- 1862 - Fire. [3]
- 1870 – Legislative Council of British Jamaica moves to Headquarters House. [2]
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1872
- Capital of British Jamaica relocated to Kingston from Spanish Town. [17] [3]
- Victoria Market built on site of "Sunday/Negro market." [18]
- Jamaica Club founded. [2]
- 1879 – Institute of Jamaica [19] and Sugar Wharf established. [20]
- 1881
- 1882 – 11 December: Fire. [23]
- 1885 – Shaare Shalom Synagogue built.
- 1887 – Jubilee Market dedicated. [24]
- 1890 – Chinese Benevolent Society founded. [17]
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1891
- Constant Spring Hotel in business (approximate date). [25]
- Population: 46,542. [21]
- Jamaica International Exhibition held. [10]
- 1892 - Electricity came to Jamaica. [26]
- 1894 – Montego Bay -Kingston railway begins operating. [17]
- 1897 – Victoria Park opens (approximate date). [ citation needed ]
- 1898 – Adrian Robinson becomes mayor. [27]
- 1899 – Electric tram begins operating.
20th century
1900s–1950s
- 1907 – 14 January: The 6.5 M w Kingston earthquake causes 800–1,000 deaths and flooding from a moderate tsunami. [28] [3]
- 1908 – King's House, Jamaica built.
- 1910 – Alpha Boys Band active. [29]
- 1912
- 1914 – Population: 57,379. [2]
- 1918 – Myrtle Bank Hotel rebuilt. [25]
- 1923 – Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (city government) formed. [30]
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1927
- December: Marcus Garvey returns to Kingston. [ citation needed ]
- Heritage Dam built. [27]
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1929
- Blackman newspaper begins publication. [31]
- August: Universal Negro Improvement Association Convention held. [31]
- 1930 – Sabina Park (cricket ground) established.
- 1935 – King of Kings Ethiopian Mission founded (approximate date). [32] [33]
- 1938 – Carib Theatre opens. [34]
- 1947 – Alexander Bustamante elected mayor.
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1948
- Kingston Air Traffic Control Centre and Palisadoes Airport established.
- University College of the West Indies established near city.
- 1951 – August: Hurricane Charlie .
- 1956 – Catholic Diocese of Kingston formed.
- 1957 – Earthquake. [35]
- 1958 – Iris King becomes mayor. [27]
1960s–1990s
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1960
- Parliament of Jamaica moves to Gordon House. [7]
- Population: 123,403 city; 376,520 urban agglomeration. [36]
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1962
- 6 August: City becomes part of independent Jamaica . [17]
- Independence Park (sports complex) opens.
- 15–28 August: 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games held.
- Tivoli Gardens housing complex in Back O'Wall built. [37]
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1963
- Studio One (record label) in business. [38]
- McIntyre Land Citizens' Association formed. [39]
- 1964 – 11 November: Burial of Marcus Garvey in King George VI Memorial Park . [40]
- 1965 – Ethnic unrest . [ citation needed ]
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1966
- 21 April: Haile Selassie visits Jamaica.
- August: 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held.
- 1968 – Jamaica Stock Exchange founded.
- 1970
- 1972 – Ralph Eugene Brown PNP general-secretary becomes mayor. [42]
- 1973 – Jamaica Pegasus Hotel built. [ citation needed ]
- 1979 – National Library of Jamaica headquartered in city.
- 1982 – Population: 104,041 city; 524,638 urban agglomeration. [43]
- 1987 – Bob Marley Museum opens. [44]
- 1989 – Marie Atkins becomes mayor. [45]
- 1990 – African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica / Jamaica Memory Bank headquartered in Kingston. [46]
- 1991 – Population: 103,962 city. [43]
- 1993 – The Jamaica Observer newspaper begins publication.
21st century
- 2001 – Population: 579,137. [47]
- 2002 – Emancipation Park opens in Kingston. [48]
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2003
- Passa Passa begins. [49]
- Desmond McKenzie becomes mayor. [ citation needed ]
- 2008 – Monument "In Memory of Children Killed" unveiled. [50]
- 2010 – May–June: 2010 Kingston unrest .
- 2011 – Population: 937,700.
- 2012 – Angela Brown-Burke becomes mayor.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Marley 2005 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 Aspinall 1914 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 Britannica 1910 .
- 1 2 Marrion Wilcox ; George E. Rines , eds. (1917), "Jamaica" , Encyclopedia of Latin America , New York: Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, OCLC 603664
- ↑ Frank Cundall (1916). "Press and Printers of Jamaica Prior to 1820" . Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society . 26 (2): 290–412. hdl : 2027/njp.32101019683158 .
- ↑ Errol Hill (1992), The Jamaican Stage, 1655–1900: profile of a colonial theatre , Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, ISBN 0870237799
- 1 2 "History of Jamaica's Legislature" . Jamaica Houses of Parliament . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database , National Geophysical Data Center , NOAA , doi : 10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- ↑ Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy (2000), An Empire Divided: the American Revolution and the British Caribbean , Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 0812235584
- 1 2 3 Frank Cundall (3 January 1896). "Jamaica in the Past and Present" . Journal of the Society of Arts . London. 44 .
- 1 2 Arnaboldi 1852 .
- ↑ Jedidiah Morse ; Richard C. Morse (1823), "Kingston" , A New Universal Gazetteer (4th ed.), New Haven: S. Converse
- ↑ "Kingston (Jamaica) Newspapers" . WorldCat . USA: Online Computer Library Center . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Newspaper Archives of The Jamaica Gleaner" . NewspaperArchive.com . Heritage Microfilm, Inc. Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. (2005). "Knowledge Biodiversity: The Perilous Economics of World News Heritage Materials" . Association of College and Research Libraries, 2005 national conference . American Library Association . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ S.P. Musson; T. Laurence Roxburgh. Handbook of Jamaica for 1895 . London: E. Stanford. hdl : 2027/mdp.39015039504041 .
- 1 2 3 4 5 "History Notes: Information on Jamaica's Culture & Heritage" . National Library of Jamaica . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ Brown-Glaude 2011 .
- 1 2 "Kingston Heritage Sites" . Jamaica National Heritage Trust . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ Handbook of Jamaica , London: E. Stanford, 1922, hdl : 2027/mdp.39015039504074
- 1 2 Jos. C. Ford; Frank Cundall (1908), Handbook of Jamaica for 1908 , London: E. Stanford, hdl : 2027/mdp.39015039504074
- ↑ "Kingston" . Jamaica . Lonely Planet . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ Jamaica in 1896: A Handbook of Information for Intending Settlers and Others . Institute of Jamaica. hdl : 2027/mdp.39015009350003 .
- ↑ Ober 1920 .
- 1 2 "Jamaica's Grand Hotels" . Jamaica Gleaner . 26 November 2001 . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Our History" . www.jpsco.com . Archived from the original on 9 February 2019 . Retrieved 18 May 2023 .
- 1 2 3 4 "History" . Kingston & St. Andrew Corporation . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Quake and Fire Wreck Kingston". New York Times . 16 January 1907.
- ↑ Witmer 1987 .
- ↑ "Local government in the Caribbean" . City Mayors.com . London: City Mayors Foundation . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- 1 2 Marcus Garvey and UNIA Papers Project, UCLA. "American Series Introduction: Volume VII: December 1927 – August 1940" . Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers Project . University of California . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ Ennis B. Edmonds (2012). Rastafari: A Very Short Introduction . Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191642470 .
- ↑ Barry Chevannes (1994), Rastafari: roots and ideology , Syracuse, N.Y: Syracuse University Press, ISBN 081562638X
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Kingston, Jamaica" . CinemaTreasures.org . Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Quake Rocks Jamaica". New York Times . 2 March 1957.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965 . New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations . 1966.
- ↑ Sives 2002 .
- ↑ "Mexico and Central America, 1900 A.D.: Key Events" . Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History . New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art .
- ↑ Anderson 2007 .
- ↑ Robert A. Hill , ed. (August 1919), The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers , vol. 1: 1826, University of California Press (published 1983), ISBN 9780520044562
- ↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975 . New York. pp. 253–279.
- ↑ "KSAC head office being renamed the Ralph Brown Building" . The Gleaner . 10 January 2005.
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United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants".
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has generic name ( help ) - ↑ Jalani Niaah; Sonjah Stanley Niaah (2008), "Bob Marley, Rastafari, and the Jamaican Tourism Product", in Marcella Daye; et al. (eds.), New Perspectives in Caribbean Tourism , Routledge, ISBN 9780415958387
- ↑ "Remembering Mayor Marie Atkins" . The Gleaner . 11 January 2009.
- ↑ African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank. "About" . Government of Jamaica, Agency of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants" . Demographic Yearbook 2011 . United Nations Statistics Division . 2012.
- ↑ "History of Emancipation Park" . Government of Jamaica . Retrieved 3 July 2013 .
- ↑ Denise Campbell (29 May 2009). "The Dance That Could Save Kingston" . The Root . Washington, DC: The Slate Group .
- ↑ "The monument" . Kingston & St. Andrew Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.
Bibliography
- Published in the 18th–19th centuries
- Edward Long (1774), "Parish and Town of Kingston" , History of Jamaica , London: T. Lowndes
- G. Arnaboldi (1852). Tourist's Guide to the Chief Towns And Villages of the Island of Jamaica . Kingston. hdl : 2027/hvd.32044072260029 .
- James Henry Stark (1898), "Kingston" , Stark's Jamaica Guide , Boston: J.H. Stark
- Lillian D. Kelsey (January 1898). "Winter Days in Jamaica: In and About Kingston" . The International: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine . Chicago: Brower. 4 .
- Published in the 20th century
- "Kingston, Jamaica" , Tourist Guide to the West Indies, Venezuela, Isthmus of Panama and Bermuda , New York: Hamburg-American Line , 1909, OCLC 58672123
- "Kingston (Jamaica)" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 821.
- Algernon E. Aspinall (1914), "Kingston" , Pocket Guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama Canal , Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company
- Frederick A. Ober (1920), "Kingston" , Guide to the West Indies, Bermuda and Panama , New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, OCLC 1515460
- M. G. Smith ; Roy Augier; Rex Nettleford (1967). "The Rastafari Movement In Kingston, Jamaica". Caribbean Quarterly . 13 .
- Tom Graham (1972). Kingston 100 years . Kingston, Jamaica: T. Graham.
- Colin G. Clarke (1975), "Ecological Aspects of Population Growth in Kingston, Jamaica", Publication Series (Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers) , Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, 4 : 42–55, JSTOR 25765506
- Colin G. Clarke (1975), Kingston, Jamaica: Urban Development and Social Change, 1692–1962 , Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN 0520020251
- Jack Alexander (1977). "The Culture of Race in Middle-Class Kingston, Jamaica". American Ethnologist . 4 (3): 413–435. doi : 10.1525/ae.1977.4.3.02a00020 .
- Pauline Knight and Omar Davies (1978). "Analysis of residential location patterns in the Kingston Metropolitan Area". Social and Economic Studies . 27 .
- Wilma Bailey (1978). "Social control in the pre-Emancipation society of Kingston, Jamaica". Boletín de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe (24).
- L. Alan Eyre (1984). "Political Violence and Urban Geography in Kingston, Jamaica". Geographical Review . 74 .
- Robert Witmer (1987). " 'Local and 'Foreign': The Popular Music Culture of Kingston, Jamaica, before Ska, Rock Steady, and Reggae". Latin American Music Review . 8 .
- Swithin Wilmot (1990). "Politics of protest in free Jamaica: The Kingston John Canoe Christmas Riots, 1840 and 1841". Caribbean Quarterly . 36 .
- Published in the 21st century
- Amanda Sives (2002). "Changing Patrons, from Politician to Drug Don: Clientelism in Downtown Kingston, Jamaica". Latin American Perspectives . 29 .
- David Marley (2005), "Kingston", Historic Cities of the Americas , Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, ISBN 1576070271
- Michelle Stewart (2005). "Creole Language in Kingston: The Emergence of Basilectal Varieties – 1692–1865". Caribbean Quarterly . 51 .
- Colin Clarke and David Howard (2006). "Contradictory Socio-Economic Consequences of Structural Adjustment in Kingston, Jamaica". The Geographical Journal . 172 .
- Colin G. Clarke (2006). Decolonizing the Colonial City: Urbanization and Stratification in Kingston, Jamaica . Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191515033 .
- Patricia Anderson (2007). "Challenge of housing and community conflict in East and West Kingston". Social and Economic Studies . 56 .
- Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude (2011), Higglers in Kingston: women's informal work in Jamaica , Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, ISBN 9780826517654
- Trevor Burnard; Emma Hart (2012). "Kingston, Jamaica, and Charleston, South Carolina: A New Look at Comparative Urbanization in Plantation Colonial British America". Journal of Urban History . 39 .
- Trevor Burnard (2013). "Kingston, Jamaica: Crucible of Modernity". In Jorge Canizares-Esguerra ; et al. (eds.). Black Urban Atlantic in the Age of the Slave Trade . University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-0813-9 .
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