Events in Saint Kitts and Nevis History
- 1624-01-28 Sir Thomas Warner founds the first English colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.
- 1799-02-09 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I
- 1967-02-27 Antigua & St Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK
- 1980-12-19 Anguilla becomes a British dependency separate from St Kitts
- 1983-09-19 St Kitts & Nevis declares independence from the United Kingdom
Famous People from Saint Kitts and Nevis
Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804)
1755-01-11 US Founding Father and 1st Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95), born in Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies
- 1936-04-12 Kennedy Simmonds, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts & Nevis (1983-95), born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 1950-12-09 Joan Armatrading, Kittian-British singer-songwriter ("Love and Affection"; "Down to Zero"), born in Basseterre, Saint Christopher and Nevis (now St. Kitts and Nevis)
- 1953-05-01 Elquemedo Willett, West Indian cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 11 wickets), born in Charlestown, Nevis
- 1965-02-21 Keith Arthurton, West Indian cricketer (Charlestown, Nevis WI lefty batsman), born in Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 1976-04-05 Kim Collins, Nevisian athlete (World C'ship gold men's 100m 2003), born in Saint Peter Basseterre Parish, Saint Kitts and Nevis