— about 54 years ago
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1828-08-24 |
Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea |
1836-02-22 |
Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea |
1884-11-06 |
British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea |
1898-09-29 |
French troops reach Guinea & Sudan, Samori caught |
1906-09-01 |
British New Guinea placed under Australian administration |
1910-06-02 |
Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea |
1942-08-26 |
Japanse troops lands on New-Guinea, Milne Bay |
1943-06-29 |
US forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea |
1943-09-05 |
US airland at Nadzab, New-Guinea |
1943-09-11 |
US & Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea |
1943-11-11 |
US air raid on Rabaul, Papua New Guinea |
1944-04-22 |
Allies land near Hollandia, New-Guinea |
1944-05-17 |
Operation Straightline: Allies land in Neth New-Guinea |
1944-06-30 |
Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea |
1944-07-31 |
US troops occupy Sansapor, New-Guinea |
1951-01-15 |
"Cloud of Death" rolls down Mount Lamington, New Guinea kills 3-5,000 |
1952-10-21 |
Dutch government refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian) |
1953-04-01 |
J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea |
1954-10-21 |
Indonesian troops land in New-Guinea |
1956-09-09 |
African Party for Liberation of Guinea-Bissau & Cape Verde forms |
1957-07-15 |
Dutch Super Constellation crashes near New Guinea, 56 die |
1958-09-28 |
Guinea votes for independence from France |
1958-09-30 |
French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea |
1958-10-02 |
Guinea (French Guinea) gains independence from France (National Day) |
1959-08-03 |
50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau |
1960-08-10 |
Nicolaas Jouwe forms PANA in New-Guinea |
1960-08-23 |
World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea) |
1961-04-05 |
Dutch governor Platteel installs New Guinea Council |
1961-04-10 |
Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to JFK about New Guinea |
1961-11-28 |
General Meeting of UN debates New-Guinea |
1961-12-01 |
The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea. |
1962-01-15 |
Dutch & Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea |
1962-02-24 |
General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea |
1962-04-14 |
Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam |
1962-05-19 |
Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea |
1962-07-13 |
500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea |
1962-07-15 |
Netherlands & Indonesia reach agreement over New Guinea |
1962-08-15 |
Netherlands & Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea |
1962-10-01 |
UN gives Netherlands control of New Guinea |
1962-11-24 |
Last of Dutch military leave New Guinea |
1962-12-31 |
Dutch leave New Guinea |
1963-05-01 |
Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Neth |
1968-08-11 |
The last steam passenger train service runs in Britain. A selection of British Rail steam locomotives make the 120-mile journey from Liverpool to Carlisle and returns to Liverpool before having their fires dropped for the last time - this working was known as the Fifteen Guinea Special. |
1968-10-02 |
Republic Guinea forms (day of republic) |
1968-10-12 |
Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain |
1972-07-25 |
US health officials concede African American were used as guinea pigs in 40 year syphilis experiment |
1973-09-24 |
Guinea-Bissau declares independence from Portugal |
1973-12-01 |
Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea |
1974-09-10 |
Portugal recognizes independence of Rep of Guinea-Bissau |
1975-09-16 |
Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day) |
1982-05-14 |
Guinea adopts constitution |
1982-08-15 |
Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution |
1984-04-03 |
Guinea suspends constitution after coup |
1984-05-16 |
Guinea-Bissau adopts constitution |
1986-06-18 |
Papua New Guinea score 9-455 in 60 overs v Gibraltar, ICC Trophy |
1999-05-07 |
In Guinea-Bissau, President João Bernardo Vieira is ousted in a military coup. |
2007-02-27 |
The general strike against Lansana Conté in Guinea ends. |
2009-09-28 |
The military junta leading Guinea, headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, sexually assaulted, killed and wounded protesters during a protest rally in a stadium called Stade du 28 Septembre. |
2011-10-27 |
The Royal Australian Navy announces that they discovered the wreck of a World War II submarine in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea during Operation RENDER SAFE - it is likely to be Japanese. |
2012-02-02 |
MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papa New Guinea with 246 people saved and 126 missing (100 of these estimated to be trapped inside) |
2012-03-03 |
Lorry crash in east Guinea kills 50 and injures 27 |
2013-04-03 |
24 people are killed after a bus plunges off a cliff in Papa New Guinea |
2013-04-11 |
Two women are beheaded for sorcery in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea |
2013-12-06 |
A 2-year old boy dies from Ebola in Meliandou, Guinea |
2014-05-21 |
José Mário Vaz is elected President of Guinea-Bissau |
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| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1880-02-03 |
Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42) |
1911-08-14 |
Pieter Platteel, last governor Neth New-Guinea |
1918-9-21 |
John W. Gofman, We Are the Guinea Pigs |
1922-01-09 |
Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (d. 1984) |
1936-04-09 |
Michael Somare, British foreign affairs minister (Paupa & New Guinea) |
1957-02-28 |
Jeff Woodland, Papua New Guinea, Nike golfer (1991 Dakota Dunes Open) |
1969-12-12 |
Fiona May, Guinea Pig |
1975-10-13 |
Giorgio Voyatzakis, Guinea Pig |
1981-12-10 |
Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea swimmer |
1989-07-31 |
Soumaya Keynes, Juggling with Guinea Pigs |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1818-05-02 |
Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 |
1927-11-28 |
Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies |
1942-06-30 |
Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62 |
1973-01-20 |
Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51 |
1984-03-26 |
Ahmed Sékou Touré, President of Guinea (b. 1922) |
1992-07-01 |
Francisco Mendes, Guinea-Bissauan politician (b. 1933) |
1992-08-09 |
Jan van Baal, antropologist/gov Dutch New-Guinea, dies |
2006-01-03 |
Bill Skate, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954) |
2007-08-15 |
John W. Gofman, We Are the Guinea Pigs |
2009-03-02 |
João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939) |
2012-01-09 |
Malam Bacai Sanhá, President of Guinea-Bissau, dies of diabetes at 64 |
