1658: Berringer builds Jacobean Great House; 1661 Yeamans arranges his murder
1650: John Yeamans joins Barbados Council
1775: Alleyne introduces rum distillation as a mean of economic stability
1669: Yeamans sails to Carolina, USA, where he serves as Governor; dies 1674
1627: Col. Benjamin Berringer arrives in Barbados
Susannah (Berringer) Nicholas and her husband George inherit the Plantation
1746: Dottin gifts Plantation to daughter Christian upon marriage to Sir John Gay Alleyne
1763: Alleyne plants Mahogany Trees lining Cherry Tree Hill (in honour of Treaty of Paris)
1801: Alleyne's death; ownership of Plantation reverts to Dottin Family
1810: Cumberbatch Brothers purchase Plantation from Chancery Court for £20,500
1834: Plantation inherited by Sarah (née Cumberbatch) and her husband, Charles Cave
1964: Lt. Col. Stephen Cave inherits Plantation
1978: Lt. Col. Cave moves to Plantation as first full-time resident since 1800s; opens as attraction
1935: Plantation inherited by Charles J.P. Cave; who made the home movie on a visit that same year
1947: Plantation inherited by Lawrence C. H. Cave; sugar and syrup production halted
2003: Plantation inherited by James Petri; 2006: Plantation purchased by Warren Family
2010 St. Nicholas Abbey Rum commemorative casks
1887: Plantation inherited by Charles and Sarah's son, Lawrence Trent Cave
1720: Windmill installed; 1725 Joseph Dottin buys Plantation
1890: Steam engine installed (made by Fletchers of Derby in England)
1746: Georgian-style triple arcaded portico and sash windows added; Chippendale staircase
1910: Solid Mahogany door felled on Plantation and installed
1780: English Sheraton sideboard
1759: grandfather clock, built by James Thwaite of London, installed on staircase
1810: Coalport China
1850: Dining table and chairs, made locally from Barbadian Mahogany
1830: Mahogany Judge's Chair features the Coat of Arms of William IV
1895: 19th century glassware, a Cave wedding gift from Duchess of Buccleuch; 1898: Cedar paneling
1825: Barrallier Map of Barbados, the first to refer to the property as St. Nicholas Abbey
1935: Indoor Plumbing; 1936: Gentleman's Chair
1625: Barbados comes under British control
1639: First Parliament Meeting
1663: Barbados becomes possession of the English Crown
1816: Slave Revolt
1834: Slavery Abolished
1876: British propose confederation of Barbados & Windward Islands; bloody revolts
1937: Barbados Labour Party founded by Grantley Adams
1954: Ministerial government set up with Grantley Adams as premier
1966: Independence: Errol Barrow as PM
1733: UK Molasses Act imposes heavy duties on molasses, rum & sugar from non-British islands
1764: The Sugar Act increases duties on sugar and rum shipped to the American colonies
1834: Slavery abolished in British Empire
1871: Trade Unions legalised in Britain
1875: Charles Stewart Parnell begins movement for Irish independence
1910: British Empire covers 1/5th world land area
1940: Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister
1953: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1969: British troops sent to quell unrest in Northern Ireland
1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes prime minister
1993: Declaration on Northern Ireland; peace proposal issued by England & Irish gov't
1997: Referendums in Scotland and Wales back the creation of separate assemblies
1665: The Great Plague, 75,000 killed; 1666: Great Fire of London
1685: James, Duke of York, crowned King James II
1694: Bank of England established
1707: England, Wales and Scotland united as Great Britain
1721: Robert Walpole, becomes first Prime Minister of Great Britain
1801: Act of Union places Ireland under British Parliament control
1805: British defeat Napoleon at Battle of Trafalgar
1845: Potato Famine
1921/2: Ireland independent; UK is now United Kingdom of Great Britain and North Ireland
1660: Restoration of English Monarchy after Puritan rule
1640: English Civil War (1640-1659)
1760: The Industrial Revolution in England begins (1760 - 1851)
1603-1625: Rule of King James I (for whom Jacobean Architecture is named)
1771: Britain's first cotton mill opens; 1772: Slavery is effectively outlawed
1787: Constitution signed; 1789: Washington elected first president; 1791 Bill of Rights ratified
1838: Cherokee 'Trail of Tears'
1775-83: The American Revolution; 1776 Declaration of Independence
1804: Lewis and Clark expedition encounters Native Americans
1863: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves
1879: Women lawyers permitted to argue cases before Supreme Court
1902: President Roosevelt Begins Conservation of Forests
1920: Women Gain the Right to Vote
1955: Rosa Parks keeps her seat on the bus; Supreme Court Orders School De-segregation
1960-1965: Civil Rights Movement; 1963: JFK Assassinated; 1964: Civil Rights Act is passed
2001: 9/11 Terrorist Attack
1607: First Permanent Settlement at Jamestown, VA
1814: The 'Star Spangled Banner' Becomes the Official National Anthem
1850: Fugitive Slave Act; 1854: Republican Party formed for abolition of slavery
1619: First African slaves brought to Jamestown; 1620: Pilgrims arrive on the Mayflower
1692: Salem Witchcraft Trials
1636: Harvard College, the first American college, is established
1980: Reagan elected president
1650: Slavery made legal; 1652: Rhode Island passes the first law in America which prohibits slavery
1752: The Liberty Bell ordered from England to celebrate Pennsylvania's 50th anniversary
1886: Statue of Liberty dedicated
1765: Riots over 'stamp taxes' imposed by British Crown
1712: The Carolina colony is officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina
1663: King Charles II establishes the Carolina colony and grants it to 8 loyalists (incl. Yeamans)
1731: The first American public library is founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin
1941: Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbour; US declares war on Japan; Hitler declares war on US
1840: Upper and Lower Canada United
1867: Dominion of Canada Formed
1583: Newfoundland becomes England's 1st overseas colony
1627: Company of New France established to govern North American colonies
1670: Hudson's Bay Company established by London traders
1774: Quebec Act recognises French language and Roman Catholicism
1791: Quebec divided into Lower Canada (now Quebec) and Upper Canada (now Ontario)
1763: Under the Treaty of Paris, Britain acquires Quebec
1821: Hudson's Bay Company and North West Company merge
1885: Canadian Pacific railroad is completed
1898: Gold Rush in the Yukon
1947: Canada given equal status with Great Britain in the Commonwealth
1965: Present Canadian flag adopted; 1970: Martial Law after Quebec Separatists attacks
1980: A referendum on the separation of Quebec is defeated
1989: Canada and the US establish free trade
1609: French colony of Quebec established
1908: Robert Stanley Weir wrote the English lyrics for 'O Canada'
1642: The trade settlement at Montreal is founded by the Sieur de Maisonneuve
1660: As punishment for tribes''angry behaviour', gov't sells Indian children into Caribbean slavery
1696: European fur market collapses leading to an increase in settlers wanting land for farming
1710: The English recapture Acadia, this time permanently, and rename it Nova Scotia
1734: Trying to escape, a Montreal slave sets a fire; causing damage to half of the city
1752: Canada's first newspaper, the weekly Halifax Gazette, appears
1816: A steam-boat is first placed on Lake Ontario
1921: Canadian women exercise their right to vote for the first time
1934: The Bank of Canada is formed
1852: The Toronto Stock Exchange opens
2010: Vancouver hosts the Winter Olympics; Canada wins most gold medals as host country
1804: Napoleon Becomes Emperor of France
1914-1919: World War I
1929: US Stock Market Crashes; The Great Depression Begins
1817: Work begins on Erie Canal (1817-1825); 1821: Mexican Independence
1991: End of the Cold War; 1990-1991: Persian Gulf War; 1991: South Africa accepts racial equality
2003-Present: Iraq War
1939-1945: World War II; 1941: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour; 1945: US A-bombs Japan
1946: The Cold War Begins
1963-1973: The Vietnam War
1756-63: Seven Years' War; 1762: Catherine II (The Great) becomes czarina of Russia
1611: King James Version of the Bible published in England
1631 - 1653: The Taj Mahal is built in India
1661: Louis XIV begins to build Versailles
1769: Arkwright patents a spinning machine—an early step in the Industrial Revolution
1869: Suez Canal opens
1644: End of Ming Dynasty in China-Manchus come to power
1701: War of the Spanish Succession; known as Queen Anne's War in the Colonies
1740: Capt. Vitus Bering, Dane employed by Russia, discovers Alaska
1713: The Treaty of Utrecht; ends The War of Spanish Succession
1789: French Revolution begins; 1793: French King Louis XVI & Queen Marie Antoinette executed
1808: Beethoven Composes Fifth Symphony
1837: Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
1848: Marx & Engels' Communist Manifesto; 1852: H. B. Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
1865: Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace; Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1876: National League Baseball Founded in US
1954: Television Thrives; Radio Switches to Music
1967: The Beatles Sgt. Pepper Album
1603: William Shakespeare publishes Hamlet; 1605 Cervantes publishes Don Quixote
1928: Amelia Earhart landed in South Wales - first female to fly solo across Atlantic
1670: Dom Pérignon invents Champagne; The first reference to a candy cane is made
1709: Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano
1829: Frenchmen, Louis Braille invents braille printing for the blind
2001: Apple releases the iPod
1751: The first Encyclopedia is published
1732: Benjamin Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard's Almanack
1762: Mozart tours Europe as six-year-old prodigy
1783: Ludwig van Beethoven's first printed works
1912: White Star Liner, Titanic, sank off the coast of Newfoundland
1680: The first American tall case clock, later called a grandfather clock
1611: King James Version of the Bible published in England
1644: René Descartes's Principles of Philosophy
1704: Johann Sebastian Bach's first cantata
1893: Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit; 1896: First modern Olympics
1784: Ben Franklin invents bifocals
1793: Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin; revives dying US slave economy
1854: Smith & Wesson Invent Revolver
1859: Charles Darwin Origin of Species
1876: A. G. Bell Patents Telephone
1879: Edison Invents Incandescent Light
1888: Eastman's Kodak camera; 1890: Edison invents motion pictures
1903: Wright Bros. First Airplane
1916: Albert Einstein Proposes General Theory of Relativity
1957: Soviets Launch Sputnik, First Artificial Satellite
1993: Internet Expands with World Wide Web
1834: Charles Babbage invents mechanical calculator
1969: Maiden flight of Concorde took place
1977: Apple introduces 1st successful personal computer
1609: Kepler publishes Laws of Planetary Motion which explained the movement of planets
1664: Isaac Newton's experiments with gravity
1629: Giovanni Branca invents the steam turbine
1643: Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer
1698: Englishman Thomas Savery invents the steam pump
1712: Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine
1722: French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher
1775: Jacques Perrier invents a steamship
1814: The first photograph is taken with a 'camera obscura'
1921: Artificial life begins - the first robot built
1937: The first jet engine is built
1947: Mobile phones first invented. Although cell phones were not sold commercially until 1983
1675: Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch
1761: Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock for measuring longitude
