Events in Cape Verde History
Beagle's First Landing
1832-01-16 Charles Darwin lands at Porto Prayo in the Cape Verde islands, the first landing of his HMS Beagle voyage
- 1836-08-31 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands
- 1956-09-09 African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau & Cape Verde forms
- 1975-07-05 Cape Verde Islands gain independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule
- 1980-09-07 Cape Verde adopts its constitution
- 1981-02-12 Cape Verde amends its constitution
- 2008-07-23 Cape Verde joins the World Trade Organization, becoming its 153rd member.
Famous People from Cape Verde
- 1907-12-23 Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean writer and poet (d. 2005)
- 1934-04-29 Pedro Pires, President of Cape Verde (2001-2011), Prime Minister of Cape Verde (1975-91), born in Fogo, Cape Verde
- 1944-02-16 António Mascarenhas Monteiro, 2nd President of Cape Verde
- 1960-03-28 José Maria Neves, Prime Minister of Cape Verde (2001-16), born in Santa Catarina, Cape Verde