Belize+History

History



Native People: Maya, Garifuna 562 AD - Mayans from the City of Ah Witz Na conquered Tikal 1542 -  Spain invades and conquest occurs 1546 -  Rebellion and the Spanish are forced to leave Belize 1567 - The Spanish re-conquest of Belize 1642 - Belize rebellion and once again the Spanish forced to leave 1650s - Estimated date of beginning of British settlement 1650-1800s - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The use of imported African slave labor <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1660 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Bartholomew Sharpe, a British pirate, turned Belize into a base to harvest logwood. British buccaneers settled the coast <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1810 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Overthrow the king of Spain by Napoleon <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1824 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">An estimated 2,500 slaves in Belize <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1838 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Slavery was formally abolished <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1859 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> A treaty between Britain and Guatemala defined the boundaries of Belize <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1862 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Officially declared a colony and part of British Commonwealth with the name British Honduras <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1936 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Mayan City of Caracol was Discovered <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1959 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Belize an Guatemala signed a border treaty <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1961 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Hurricane Hattie destroyed much of Belize City. The capital was moved inland to Belmopan in response. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1973 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Name changes to Belize <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1981 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Belize becomes an independent member of the Commonwealth with the Queen of England as ceremonial head of state. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1997 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> The population of Belize was about 230,000 <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">1999 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Belize troops killed 2 Guatemalan civilians in a disputed border area. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">2000 - <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;"> Guatemala officials claimed that the British mistakenly awarded to Belize some 4,739 square miles of Guatemalan territory. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">[[|Timeline Belize]]


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