Events in Virgin Islands (British) History
- 1867-10-29 Mail packets "Rhone" & "Wye" capsize off St Thomas, Virgin Islands
- 1977-06-01 British Virgin Islands adopts constitution
Hurricane Irma
2017-09-06 Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Sint Maartens and British Virgin Islands. Prime Minister Gaston Browne reports 95% of buildings in Barbuda damaged.
Famous People from Virgin Islands (British)
- 1759-05-20 William Thornton, British-American architect (Capitol Building in Washington, D.C), born in Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands (d. 1828)
- 1987-04-15 Iyaz [Keidran Jones], British singer, songwriter, and dancer ("Replay"), born in Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Famous British People
Ada Lovelace
Alan Sugar
Alan Turing
Aldous Huxley
Alec Guinness
Alec Issigonis