Events in Belize History
- 1798-09-03 Battle of St. George's Caye: Week long battle begins between the Spanish Empire and Great Britain off the coast of Belize
- 1798-09-10 British Honduras beats Spain in battle of St George
- 1961-10-31 Hurricane Hattie kills 400 in British Honduras
- 1975-11-05 British government sends troops to Belize
- 1981-09-21 Belize (British Honduras) gains independence from UK
- 2005-01-21 In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots
Event of Interest
2022-03-27 Duke and Duchess of Cambridge end an eight-day tour of Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas that highlighted issues of decolonization and calls for slave reparations [1]
Famous People from Belize
- 1897-02-22 Bob Ysaguirre, American jazz double bass and tuba player (Don Redman Orchestra), born in Belize, British Honduras (now Belize City, Belize) (d. 1982)
- 1944-03-19 Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
- 1958-04-10 Errollyn Wallen, British contemporary classical composer (Mighty River; Carbon 12), born in Belize, British Honduras
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