Timeline of Martinique

Chronology

41 events spanning the history of Martinique. BCE/CE dating.

1. 130

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   Appearance of the first inhabitants : Arawaks. They come from the tropical forest

2. 295

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   Disappearance of the Arawak culture, following a eruption of the vulcano ”montagne Peléel“.The island is left during one century

3. 400

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   New arawak arrival.

4. 600

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   Appearance of a new civilization, the Caraïbes. Like the Arawak one, it is from the tropical forest. The Arawaks fear the Caraïbes, because they had strange habits (castration, ...) and confront them during years

5. 600

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   Appearance of a new civilization, the Caraïbes. Like the Arawak one, it is from the tropical forest. The Arawaks fear the Caraïbes, because they had strange habits (castration, ...) and confront them during years. However, the Arawaks are exterminated and they disappear of the island.

6. 1502

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   Christopher Colombus discovers Martinique. He lands where the town called Carbet is now located (in the north of the island, on the Caribbean Sea).

7. 1635

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   Belain d'Esnambuc lands near the Roxelane river with a hundred of settlers. They build a fort to protect the area (origin of the fort of Saint Pierre).

8. 1639

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   Belain d'Esnambuc builds a fort in the place called “Cul de Sac Royal” : Fort Royal which is now Fort de France. The agriculture is developping in the island

9. 1642

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   King Louis XIII authorises the use of slaves in the colonies. This part of the history is called “la Traite des noirs” in french.

10. 1651

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    Duparquet buys the island and becomes its lord.