Events in Bermuda History
- 1609-07-25 Admiral George Somers scuttles the "Sea Venture" in eastern Bermuda, the storm damaged flagship of the London Company bound for Jamestown, Virginia. Survivors construct two new ships and continue on to re-supply the embattled colony.
- 1612-03-12 Bermuda officially becomes part of the Englisg Colony of Virginia
- 1864-05-16 Battle of Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
- 1864-05-19 Battle of Port Walthall Junction, Virginia (Bermuda Hundred)
- 1890-07-01 Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable
- 1910-10-04 Adoption of the Flag of Bermuda.
- 1913-03-04 NY Yankees are 1st to train outside US (Bermuda)
- 1918-03-06 US naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle
- 1930-04-02 1st NY-Bermuda airplane flight lands in Bermuda
- 1945-12-05 Flight 19 the "Lost Squadron" of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle
- 1951-01-28 American and Bermudan naturalist discover nesting site of Bermuda petrel, a sea bird also known as cahow; the species was thought extinct since 1615, but sporadic sightings spawned an expedition to some remote rocky crags off of Bermuda
J.F.K., MacMillan Meeting
1961-12-21 US President John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meet in Bermuda
- 1968-06-08 Bermuda adopts its constitution
- 1968-06-08 New colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted
- 1995-10-01 Bermuda begins using new area code 441
- 2017-06-26 America's Cup: Emirates Team New Zealand defeat Oracle Team USA 7-1 in Bermuda, Peter Burling (26) youngest ever helmsman
- 2020-02-16 'Ghost ship' cargo vessel MV Alta washed up on the Irish coast near Ballycotton by Storm Dennis, after drifting across the Atlantic from Bermuda
Famous People from Bermuda
- 1852-02-16 Mary Ewing Outerbridge, American citizen credited with importing tennis to the US from Bermuda (1874), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1886)
- 1913-05-09 John Hayes, British Naval Officer and Naval Secretary, born in Southcote, Bermuda (d. 1998)
- 1923-01-22 Diana Douglas, Bermudian-born American actress (The Indian Fighter), born in Devonshire Bermuda (d. 2015)
- 1929-08-02 Lord David Waddington, British politician (Home Secretary 1989-90), born in Burnley (d. 2017)
- 1930-05-16 Desmond Langley, British army officer and Governor of Bermuda, born in London (d. 2008)
- 1935-07-03 John Swan, 4th Premier of Bermuda (1982-95), born in Bermuda
- 1967-07-06 Heather Nova [Frith], Bermudian singer-songwriter (Oyster), born in Bermuda
- 1971-12-07 Mauricio Hadad, Colombian tennis star (1995 Bermuda), born in Cali, Colombia
- 1973-10-03 Lena Headey, British actress (Game of Thrones), born in Hamilton, Bermuda
Famous British People
Ada Lovelace
Alan Sugar
Alan Turing
Aldous Huxley
Alec Guinness
Alec Issigonis