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2 Oktober 2026 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism King addresses study of the House of Orange-Nassau’s colonial role
30 September 2026 Zweden Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Sámi commission recommends a state apology and reparative measures
7 September 2026 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Jamaica files a petition seeking legal examination of chattel slavery
31 Augustus 2026 Onbekend Crime against humanity CERD issues General Recommendation 40 on reparatory justice
30 Juli 2026 Belize Reparations CCJ clarifies implementation questions in the Maya land-rights order
18 Juni 2026 Ghana Reparations Ghana convenes the Accra Next Steps conference and establishes global panels
25 Maart 2026 Onbekend Reparations UN General Assembly calls transatlantic racialized enslavement the gravest crime against humanity
25 Maart 2026 Guyana History slavery Guyana UN General Assembly adopts a resolution on the transatlantic slave trade
25 Maart 2026 Onbekend International history trans-atlantic slavery UN General Assembly calls the trafficking of enslaved Africans the gravest crime against humanity and urges reparatory justice
25 Maart 2026 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN General Assembly adopts declaration on transatlantic slavery
4 Maart 2026 Zweden Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Sámi commission submits an interim research anthology
4 December 2025 Finland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Prime Minister says Finland should apologize to the Sámi
4 December 2025 Finland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Sámi commission submits its final report to three institutions
17 November 2025 Onbekend Crime against humanity CARICOM commission begins a strategic advocacy visit to the United Kingdom
13 November 2025 Finland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Government appoints a parliamentary group to assess Sámi recommendations
24 September 2025 Denemarken Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Denmark apologizes to Greenlandic women for forced contraception policy
11 September 2025 Zweden Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Government extends the Sámi commission to October 2026
8 September 2025 Haïti History slavery Haiti Haiti formally installs its national restitution and reparation committee
8 Augustus 2025 Haïti History slavery Haiti Haiti appoints historian Gusti-Klara Gaillard Pourchet to co-chair the joint commission
1 Augustus 2025 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Government pledges a reparatory justice action plan
28 Mei 2025 Duitsland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism German government reiterates its intention to ask Namibia’s victims’ descendants for forgiveness
22 Mei 2025 Mauritius, Verenigd Koninkrijk Reparations UK and Mauritius sign an agreement on Chagos sovereignty and a Chagossian trust
17 April 2025 Haïti History slavery Haiti France announces a joint commission to examine the indemnity’s history and impact
17 April 2025 Haïti History slavery Haiti Haiti creates a National Committee on Restitution and Reparation
25 Februari 2025 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Steelpan replaces Columbus’s ships on the national coat of arms
15 Februari 2025 Onbekend Crime against humanity African Union makes reparations the 2025 theme
1 Januari 2025 International International history trans-atlantic slavery Second International Decade for People of African Descent begins
31 December 2024 Brazilië Reparations Brazil reports progress and continuing barriers in quilombola land titling
17 December 2024 Brazilië History slavery Brasil UN proclaims a second International Decade for People of African Descent
17 December 2024 International International history trans-atlantic slavery UN proclaims a second International Decade for People of African Descent
17 December 2024 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN proclaims Second International Decade for People of African Descent
2 December 2024 België, Congo-Kinshasa Reparations Belgian court awards damages to women abducted under colonial rule
2 December 2024 België Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Appeal court finds Belgium responsible for colonial-era Métis abductions
25 November 2024 Haïti History slavery Haiti UNICEF reports a sharp rise in child recruitment by armed groups
20 November 2024 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Black Consciousness Day is observed as a national public holiday for the first time
12 November 2024 Noorwegen Reparations Norwegian Parliament apologizes for forced assimilation of Indigenous and minority peoples
12 November 2024 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Storting expresses deepest regret for forced assimilation
5 November 2024 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Parliamentary committee recommends deepest regret for Norwegianization
26 Oktober 2024 Canada Reparations Canada apologizes to five Anishinaabeg First Nations and commemorates CAD$447.9 million settlement
25 Oktober 2024 Australië, Verenigde Staten Reparations UCLA returns cultural belongings to Warumungu community
24 September 2024 Spanje Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Spain rejects Mexico’s demand for royal apology over conquest
1 Augustus 2024 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago observes its first African Emancipation Day
28 Juni 2024 Frankrijk Reparations France issues rules for its human-remains restitution process
14 Juni 2024 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Cabinet details follow-up to slavery apology and remembrance committee
28 Mei 2024 Haïti History slavery Haiti UNICEF reports children make up a large share of armed-group membership
16 Mei 2024 Portugal Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Portuguese Parliament rejects bid to charge president over reparations remarks
27 April 2024 Portugal Reparations Portuguese government rejects initiating a reparations process for former colonies
23 April 2024 Portugal Reparations President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa says Portugal bears responsibility for colonial crimes
23 April 2024 Portugal Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Portuguese president says country must address the costs of slavery and colonial crimes
23 April 2024 Czech Republic Roma and Sinti Memorial to the Roma and Sinti of Bohemia opens at Lety
22 April 2024 Brazilië Reparations Brazil delimits land for the Pitanga de Palmares quilombola community
18 April 2024 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Law renames Emancipation Day as African Emancipation Day
16 April 2024 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Storting holds a public oversight hearing on the commission report
28 Maart 2024 Canada Reparations Lac Seul First Nation ratifies settlement for flooding of reserve lands
18 Maart 2024 Guyana History slavery Guyana Bank of Guyana releases a coin marking the Demerara Revolt bicentenary
6 Maart 2024 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Fosen agreement creates a negotiated remedy after the apology
4 Maart 2024 Verenigd Koninkrijk Reparations Church of England oversight group calls for a £1 billion reparatory fund
18 Februari 2024 Onbekend Reparations African Union designates 2025 as the Year of Reparations
5 Februari 2024 Ghana, Verenigde Staten Reparations UCLA permanently returns seven Asante objects to Ghana
2 Februari 2024 Canada Reparations Canada signs English River First Nation agricultural benefits settlement
25 Januari 2024 Ghana, Verenigd Koninkrijk Reparations UK museums loan 32 Asante objects to Ghana for three years
26 December 2023 Frankrijk Reparations France creates a legal route for returning human remains from public collections
21 December 2023 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil makes November 20 a national public holiday
23 November 2023 Finland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Government extends the Sámi commission’s work to 2025
20 November 2023 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil creates a national policy for quilombola territorial and environmental management
17 November 2023 Ghana Reparations African Union conference adopts the Accra Proclamation on Reparations
17 November 2023 Onbekend Crime against humanity Accra Proclamation sets out a reparations agenda
15 November 2023 Zweden Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Tornedalian commission documents exclusion and assimilation
14 November 2023 Onbekend Crime against humanity Accra Proclamation organizes a united front for reparations
3 Oktober 2023 Curaçao, Nederland History slavery Dutch Antilles The Netherlands rehabilitates Curaçaoan freedom fighter Tula
3 Oktober 2023 Onbekend History slavery Dutch Antilles The Dutch government rehabilitates Tula
6 September 2023 Grenada History slavery Grenada Grenville students discuss emancipation, reparations, and development
25 Augustus 2023 Guyana History slavery Guyana Gladstone descendants apologize for slavery and indentureship in Guyana
24 Augustus 2023 Guyana History slavery Guyana President Ali calls for reparations before the Gladstone family apology
18 Augustus 2023 Guyana History slavery Guyana Guyana commemorates the bicentenary of the Demerara Revolt
2 Augustus 2023 Kroatië Roma and Sinti Wall of Pain memorial names Roma victims of Jasenovac
6 Juli 2023 Indonesië, Nederland, Sri Lanka Reparations Dutch government decides to return 478 colonial-era objects
1 Juli 2023 Onbekend History slavery Dutch Antilles King Willem-Alexander apologizes for the slavery past
1 Juli 2023 Nederland Reparations King Willem-Alexander apologizes for the Dutch monarchy’s role in slavery
1 Juli 2023 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Saba
1 Juli 2023 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Sint-Eustatius
1 Juli 2023 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Suriname
1 Juli 2023 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Den Bosch
1 Juli 2023 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Curaçao
1 Juli 2023 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Middelburg
1 Juli 2023 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Bonaire
1 Juli 2023 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism King Willem-Alexander apologizes for the Dutch role in slavery
29 Juni 2023 Onbekend Crime against humanity California task force presents reparations proposals
19 Juni 2023 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Law 14,600 confirms the Ministry of Racial Equality’s place in government
15 Juni 2023 Haïti History slavery Haiti U.S. trafficking report records weak enforcement against child servitude
1 Juni 2023 Noorwegen Reparations Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission submits its report
1 Juni 2023 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Truth and Reconciliation Commission submits its report
27 Mei 2023 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Whakatōhea sign settlement deed with apology, land return and natural resource arrangements
25 April 2023 Portugal Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism President says Portugal should apologize for slave-trade role
21 Maart 2023 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil launches Aquilomba Brasil to coordinate quilombola policies
16 Maart 2023 Grenada History slavery Grenada Laura Trevelyan leaves the BBC to campaign for Caribbean reparatory justice
9 Maart 2023 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Prime Minister addresses the Sámi Parliament on state injustice
2 Maart 2023 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Government apologizes to Fosen Sámi herders
27 Februari 2023 Grenada History slavery Grenada Trevelyan descendants publicly apologize in Grenada and pledge an education fund
18 Februari 2023 Onbekend Crime against humanity African Union endorses a united front on reparations
15 Februari 2023 Grenada History slavery Grenada Grenada announces a reparations forum with Trevelyan descendants
31 Januari 2023 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Dutch cabinet responds to parliamentary motions on the slavery apology
11 Januari 2023 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Law names religious racism within Brazil’s criminal framework
11 Januari 2023 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Law 14,532 classifies racial insult as a form of racism
10 Januari 2023 Verenigd Koninkrijk Reparations Church Commissioners announce £100 million commitment addressing slavery links
1 Januari 2023 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A Ministry of Racial Equality returns to the federal government
20 December 2022 Duitsland, Nigeria Reparations Nigeria receives the first 22 Benin Bronzes returned from Germany
19 December 2022 Onbekend History slavery Dutch Antilles The Dutch government apologizes and announces a €200 million fund
19 December 2022 Nederland Reparations Dutch government apologizes for the state’s role in slavery
19 December 2022 Onbekend Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism State Secretary Van Rij echoes the Dutch apology in Sint Eustatius
19 December 2022 Onbekend Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism State Secretary Van Ooijen echoes the Dutch apology in Saba
19 December 2022 Onbekend Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Minister Van Gennip echoes the Dutch apology in Bonaire
19 December 2022 Onbekend Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Minister Kuipers echoes the Dutch apology in Sint Maarten
19 December 2022 Onbekend Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Minister Van der Burg echoes the Dutch apology in Aruba
19 December 2022 Onbekend Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism State Secretary Van Huffelen echoes the Dutch apology in Curaçao
19 December 2022 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Government representative echoes apology in Suriname
19 December 2022 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Mark Rutte apologizes on behalf of the Dutch government
5 December 2022 International, Zwitserland International history trans-atlantic slavery Permanent Forum on People of African Descent holds its first session
5 December 2022 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN Permanent Forum convenes its first session
18 November 2022 Onbekend Crime against humanity African human-rights commission reaffirms remedies for historic mass crimes
9 November 2022 Onbekend Crime against humanity African Commission adopts regional resolution on reparations
29 Oktober 2022 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Crown delivers Ngāti Maru apology in Tarata and returns land titles
13 Oktober 2022 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana CTG announces a public conference on African contract workers
26 Augustus 2022 Frankrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Macron calls for facing French-Algerian history with humility
25 Juli 2022 Canada Reparations Pope Francis apologizes for church complicity in colonial cultural destruction
15 Juli 2022 Zweden Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Confidentiality rules protect testimony to two truth commissions
1 Juli 2022 Duitsland, Nigeria Reparations Germany and Nigeria agree on ownership transfer of Benin Bronzes
30 Juni 2022 België Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Belgian parliamentary commission ends without agreed colonial reckoning
20 Juni 2022 België, Congo-Kinshasa Reparations Belgium returns Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to his family
8 Juni 2022 België Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism King Philippe renews regret during visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo
1 Maart 2022 Zweden Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Sámi consultation law enters into force
25 Januari 2022 Frankrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism French law recognizes and compensates Harkis without a colonial apology
17 December 2021 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN establishes Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
25 November 2021 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Moriori Claims Settlement Act receives Royal assent
14 November 2021 Benin, Frankrijk Reparations Benin receives 26 returned royal objects from France
11 November 2021 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Maniapoto and the Crown sign deed with financial and cultural redress
9 November 2021 Benin, Frankrijk Reparations France transfers ownership of 26 Abomey royal treasures to Benin
9 November 2021 Benin, Frankrijk Reparations France transfers ownership of 26 royal treasures to Benin
3 November 2021 Zweden Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Government creates a truth commission for the Sámi people
29 Oktober 2021 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua sign NZ$115 million settlement
28 Oktober 2021 Finland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Government appoints the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
16 Oktober 2021 Frankrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Macron recognizes state crimes at the 1961 Paris massacre commemoration
11 Oktober 2021 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Supreme Court rules Fosen wind-farm licences violated Sámi rights
31 Augustus 2021 International International history trans-atlantic slavery First International Day for People of African Descent is observed
4 Augustus 2021 Frankrijk Reparations France authorizes restitution of proceeds from confiscated illicit assets
2 Augustus 2021 International International history trans-atlantic slavery UN establishes the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
1 Augustus 2021 Grenada History slavery Grenada Grenada National Reparations Committee marks Emancipation Day
19 Juli 2021 Onbekend Reparations UN Special Rapporteur issues report on transitional justice in colonial contexts
15 Juli 2021 Czech Republic Roma and Sinti Permanent exhibition brings the Hodonín Roma Holocaust memorial into full operation
1 Juli 2021 Nederland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Slavery History Dialogue Group publishes Chains of the Past
23 Juni 2021 Zweden Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Sweden extends the Tornedalian commission’s inquiry
28 Mei 2021 Duitsland, Namibië Reparations Germany and Namibia announce contested genocide reconciliation framework
28 Mei 2021 Duitsland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Germany recognizes the Herero and Nama genocide and seeks forgiveness
28 Mei 2021 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil ratifies the Inter-American Convention against Racism
15 Mei 2021 Duitsland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Germany and Namibia initial joint declaration on colonial atrocities
27 Februari 2021 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) sign deed with apology and land redress
24 Februari 2021 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Supreme Court orders a COVID-19 response plan for quilombola communities
17 Februari 2021 Onbekend Crime against humanity US House Judiciary holds a hearing on H.R. 40
20 Januari 2021 Frankrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Stora report recommends steps on French-Algerian memory
16 December 2020 International International history trans-atlantic slavery UN proclaims the International Day for People of African Descent
5 December 2020 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Ngāti Rangitihi sign settlement deed with apology and restoration provisions
20 November 2020 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Black Consciousness Day protests demand justice for João Alberto
19 November 2020 Brazilië History slavery Brasil João Alberto Silveira Freitas is killed by private security guards
5 November 2020 Frankrijk, Madagaskar Reparations France places Ranavalona III’s crown ornament in Madagascar under a deposit agreement
11 September 2020 Brazilië History slavery Brasil CONAQ brings quilombola communities’ COVID-19 emergency to the Supreme Court
17 Augustus 2020 Curaçao, Nederland History slavery Dutch Antilles Curaçao’s slave and emancipation registers go online
17 Augustus 2020 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Curaçao registers become searchable online
17 Juli 2020 België, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda Reparations Belgian Parliament establishes a special commission on the colonial past
17 Juli 2020 België Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Belgium establishes parliamentary commission on its colonial past
10 Juli 2020 Onbekend Crime against humanity CARICOM reparations chair calls for an international summit
9 Juli 2020 Finland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Finland launches the Sámi commission project
30 Juni 2020 België, Congo-Kinshasa Reparations King Philippe expresses regret for violence and cruelty in Congo
30 Juni 2020 België Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism King Philippe expresses deep regret for Belgium’s colonial violence in Congo
10 Juni 2020 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana CTG releases marronnage notices covering 1821–1848
8 Juni 2020 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana CTG schedules the Sinnamary, Iracoubo, and Mana registers for public release
7 Juni 2020 Brazilië History slavery Brasil “Vidas Negras Importam” protests confront racism and police violence
1 Juni 2020 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana CTG schedules Macouria and Kourou registers for public release
25 Mei 2020 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana CTG schedules Cayenne city registers for public release
18 Mei 2020 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana CTG schedules Tonnégrande and Tour-de-l’Île registers for public release
11 Mei 2020 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana CTG schedules Cayenne Island and Montsinéry records for public release
27 April 2020 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana The territorial authority begins a scheduled release of slave registers
19 Maart 2020 Zweden Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Sweden establishes a truth and reconciliation commission for Tornedalians
14 Februari 2020 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Moriori and the Crown sign a deed agreeing historical redress
17 November 2019 Frankrijk, Senegal Reparations France begins a symbolic return process for Omar Tall’s sword to Senegal
13 November 2019 Finland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Government approves preparation of a Sámi truth commission
8 September 2019 Guyana History slavery Guyana Ground is broken for a new 1823 monument at Parade Ground
22 Mei 2019 Mauritius, Verenigd Koninkrijk Reparations UN General Assembly calls for the UK to end its Chagos administration
9 Mei 2019 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Commission mandate expands to include Forest Finns
4 April 2019 België, Burundi, Congo-Kinshasa, Rwanda Reparations Belgian prime minister apologizes to people of mixed ancestry abducted during colonial rule
4 April 2019 België Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Belgian prime minister apologizes to Métis children abducted from Congo
28 Maart 2019 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Supreme Court protects animal sacrifice in religious rites
1 Maart 2019 Spanje Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Mexico’s president asks Spain’s king to apologize for conquest-era abuses
23 November 2018 Benin, Frankrijk, Senegal Reparations Sarr-Savoy report proposes a framework for returning African heritage
7 Oktober 2018 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Te Patukirikiri and Crown sign a deed of settlement
13 September 2018 Frankrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Macron recognizes French responsibility for Maurice Audin’s death
29 Augustus 2018 Duitsland, Namibië Reparations Germany returns 27 human remains to Namibia
20 Augustus 2018 Guyana History slavery Guyana Guyana observes Demerara Martyrs’ Day for the 1823 revolt
1 Augustus 2018 Guyana History slavery Guyana Guyana marks 180 years since emancipation as leaders call for economic freedom
4 Juli 2018 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Act receives Royal assent
14 Juni 2018 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Storting establishes the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
29 Maart 2018 België Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Belgian Parliament adopts resolution on Métis children separated under colonial rule
15 Maart 2018 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Mass demonstrations demand justice for Marielle Franco
14 Maart 2018 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes are murdered
8 Februari 2018 Brazilië Reparations Supreme Court upholds the quilombola land-titling decree
8 Februari 2018 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Supreme Court upholds the rules for recognizing quilombola territories
17 Augustus 2017 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Ngāti Hei and the Crown sign a deed including apology and redress
14 Augustus 2017 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Ngāti Pūkenga Claims Settlement Act records Crown apology and cultural redress
8 Juli 2017 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Ngāti Tūwharetoa sign a comprehensive Crown settlement deed
10 Juni 2017 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana Cayenne opens the Memorial to the Free and Citizens of 1848
20 Maart 2017 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Te Awa Tupua Act gives legal effect to the Whanganui River settlement
15 Februari 2017 Frankrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Macron calls French colonization a crime against humanity
29 Oktober 2016 Frankrijk Roma and Sinti French President acknowledges state responsibility for wartime internment
20 Mei 2016 Guyana History slavery Guyana Guyana hosts a youth rally calling for reparatory justice
19 April 2016 Onbekend Crime against humanity CARICOM launches a regional reparations relay
27 Januari 2016 Verenigde Staten Roma and Sinti Zoni Weisz speaks at UN Holocaust remembrance ceremony
15 December 2015 Canada Reparations Truth and Reconciliation Commission publishes its final report and Calls to Action
18 November 2015 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Black women lead a national march in Brasília
30 Oktober 2015 Belize Reparations CCJ orders a fund to protect Maya customary land tenure
27 September 2015 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Heretaunga Tamatea sign a settlement deed with Crown apology and redress
12 September 2015 Kenia, Verenigd Koninkrijk Reparations Mau Mau memorial to victims of colonial torture is inaugurated
12 September 2015 Verenigd Koninkrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism UK and Kenya inaugurate memorial to colonial-era torture victims
1 Juni 2015 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Complementary Law 150 regulates domestic employment rights
22 April 2015 Belize Reparations Belize agrees to develop a mechanism recognizing Maya customary land rights
15 April 2015 European Union Roma and Sinti European Parliament recognizes 2 August as Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
12 April 2015 Onbekend Crime against humanity International reparations summit connects Caribbean and diaspora campaigns
25 Maart 2015 Onbekend International history trans-atlantic slavery UN unveils the Ark of Return memorial
25 Maart 2015 Onbekend Crime against humanity Permanent UN memorial to victims of slavery unveiled
1 Januari 2015 Brazilië History slavery Brasil International Decade for People of African Descent begins
1 Januari 2015 International International history trans-atlantic slavery International Decade for People of African Descent begins
1 Januari 2015 Onbekend Crime against humanity International Decade for People of African Descent begins
4 December 2014 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Maracatu de Baque Solto is recognized as cultural heritage
3 December 2014 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Maracatu Nação enters Brazil’s cultural heritage register
26 November 2014 Brazilië History slavery Brasil UNESCO inscribes Capoeira Circle on its Representative List
12 Oktober 2014 Onbekend Crime against humanity Caribbean reparations conference passes the advocacy torch
5 Augustus 2014 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Whanganui Iwi and the Crown sign the river settlement deed
16 Juli 2014 Onbekend Crime against humanity CARICOM commission chair addresses the UK Parliament
25 Juni 2014 Brazilië History slavery Brasil National Education Plan includes quilombola schools and equity goals
2 Juni 2014 Haïti History slavery Haiti Haiti publishes a law to combat trafficking in persons
18 Maart 2014 Grenada History slavery Grenada CARICOM announces acceptance of a ten-point reparatory justice programme
18 Maart 2014 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica CARICOM accepts a ten-point reparatory justice programme
18 Maart 2014 Onbekend International history trans-atlantic slavery CARICOM announces acceptance of its reparatory justice program
12 Maart 2014 Onbekend Crime against humanity CARICOM leaders accept reparatory justice programme
11 Maart 2014 Onbekend Reparations CARICOM adopts Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice
11 Maart 2014 Guyana History slavery Guyana CARICOM leaders endorse a ten-point reparatory justice programme
11 Maart 2014 Onbekend Crime against humanity CARICOM governments endorse the Ten Point Action Plan
23 December 2013 Onbekend Reparations UN proclaims the International Decade for People of African Descent
23 December 2013 Brazilië History slavery Brasil UN proclaims the International Decade for People of African Descent
23 December 2013 International International history trans-atlantic slavery UN proclaims the International Decade for People of African Descent
23 December 2013 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN proclaims International Decade for People of African Descent
13 December 2013 Brazilië History slavery Brasil UN experts conclude a visit examining racism in Brazil
17 September 2013 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica CARICOM constitutes a regional Reparations Commission
15 September 2013 Grenada History slavery Grenada Grenada joins the first CARICOM regional reparations conference
15 September 2013 Caribbean, Saint Vincent en de Grenadines International history trans-atlantic slavery First Regional Conference on Reparations opens in St. Vincent
7 Juli 2013 Onbekend International history trans-atlantic slavery CARICOM heads agree to establish reparations committees
6 Juli 2013 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad CARICOM heads establish a regional reparations framework in Port of Spain
6 Juli 2013 Haïti History slavery Haiti CARICOM agrees regional reparations action, including Haiti
4 Juli 2013 Onbekend Crime against humanity CARICOM leaders mandate a regional reparations commission
6 Juni 2013 Kenia, Verenigd Koninkrijk Reparations UK agrees compensation and memorial support for Mau Mau claimants
6 Juni 2013 Verenigd Koninkrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Britain settles Mau Mau torture claims and expresses regret
2 April 2013 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Constitutional Amendment 72 extends labor rights to domestic workers
24 Oktober 2012 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Berlin memorial to murdered Sinti and Roma is inaugurated
29 Augustus 2012 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Quota Law reserves places in federal higher education
29 Augustus 2012 Brazilië International history trans-atlantic slavery Brazil enacts a federal university admissions quota law
26 April 2012 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Supreme Court upholds racial quotas at the University of Brasília
19 December 2011 Venezuela History slavery Venezuela Organic Law Against Racial Discrimination is published
10 November 2011 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil establishes a National Day of Black Consciousness
22 September 2011 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN marks ten years since the Durban Declaration
2 September 2011 Venezuela History slavery Venezuela National census includes Afro-descendant self-identification
27 Januari 2011 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Zoni Weisz becomes the first Sinti or Roma speaker at a Bundestag remembrance ceremony
1 Januari 2011 International International history trans-atlantic slavery International Year for People of African Descent begins
10 Oktober 2010 Onbekend History slavery Dutch Antilles The Netherlands Antilles is dissolved
20 Juli 2010 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Racial Equality Statute establishes a broad framework of rights
20 Juli 2010 Brazilië International history trans-atlantic slavery Brazil enacts the Statute of Racial Equality
12 Januari 2010 Haïti History slavery Haiti Earthquake displacement heightens children’s exposure to exploitation
18 December 2009 International International history trans-atlantic slavery UN proclaims 2011 the International Year for People of African Descent
18 December 2009 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN declares 2011 International Year for People of African Descent
20 Oktober 2009 Brazilië History slavery Brasil INCRA replaces the contested titling rules again
4 September 2009 Haïti History slavery Haiti UN report identifies restavèk child domestic servitude as a contemporary form of slavery
2 Mei 2009 Grenada History slavery Grenada A plaque and renamed road commemorate the Maidstone landing
29 April 2009 Grenada History slavery Grenada Grenada designates Indian Arrival Day
22 Januari 2009 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Cabinet approves a National Commission on Reparations
29 September 2008 Brazilië History slavery Brasil INCRA’s new instruction reshapes quilombola titling requirements
30 Augustus 2008 Italië, Libië Reparations Italy and Libya sign a treaty for colonial-era infrastructure funding and cooperation
30 Augustus 2008 Italië Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Berlusconi apologizes to Libya for colonial rule and signs friendship treaty
15 Juli 2008 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Mestres’ craft and teaching become part of national heritage record
15 Juli 2008 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Roda de Capoeira is recognized as Brazilian intangible heritage
11 Juni 2008 Canada Reparations Canada apologizes to former residential school students
25 Maart 2008 Onbekend International history trans-atlantic slavery UN first observes its annual day of remembrance for victims of slavery
25 Maart 2008 Onbekend Crime against humanity International Day of Remembrance first observed
10 Maart 2008 Brazilië International history trans-atlantic slavery Brazil expands required curricula to include Indigenous history and culture
13 Februari 2008 Australië Reparations Parliament apologizes to the Stolen Generations
27 December 2007 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil establishes a National Day to Combat Religious Intolerance
17 December 2007 Onbekend International history trans-atlantic slavery UN establishes the annual International Day of Remembrance
17 December 2007 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN establishes remembrance day and memorial initiative
28 November 2007 Suriname Reparations Inter-American Court recognizes Saramaka collective rights and reparations
19 September 2007 Canada Reparations Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement implementation begins
19 Juli 2007 Haïti History slavery Haiti Haiti ratifies the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour
18 Juni 2007 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Tambor de Crioula is registered as Maranhão heritage
25 Maart 2007 Verenigd Koninkrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Slave-trade bicentenary renews calls for a full British apology
7 Februari 2007 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil recognizes traditional peoples’ territories in national policy
18 December 2006 Australië Reparations Tasmania legislates ex gratia payments for Stolen Generations survivors
28 November 2006 Verenigd Koninkrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Blair expresses deep sorrow for Britain’s role in the slave trade
1 Maart 2006 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil ratifies UNESCO’s convention on intangible heritage
30 Januari 2006 Frankrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism France establishes 10 May as slavery remembrance day
15 December 2005 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Jongo communities gain federal intangible heritage recognition
25 November 2005 Brazilië History slavery Brasil UNESCO proclaims Samba de Roda a cultural heritage masterpiece
1 November 2005 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust UN designates January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day
19 September 2005 Brazilië History slavery Brasil INCRA revises the administrative path to quilombola titles
30 Juni 2005 Brazilië History slavery Brasil First National Conference on Racial Equality opens
17 Juni 2005 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Finnmark Act recognizes local and Sámi interests in land
10 Mei 2005 Venezuela History slavery Venezuela National Assembly designates May 10 as Afro-Venezuelan Day
5 Oktober 2004 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Samba de Roda of Recôncavo enters Brazil’s heritage register
14 Augustus 2004 Duitsland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism German development minister asks Herero for forgiveness
17 Juni 2004 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Education guidelines require Afro-Brazilian history and culture in teacher training
24 Maart 2004 Brazilië History slavery Brasil INCRA issues its first detailed procedure under Decree 4,887
20 November 2003 Brazilië Reparations Brazil establishes a federal process to title quilombola territories
20 November 2003 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Decree 4,886 establishes a national policy for racial equality
20 November 2003 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Decree 4,883 transfers quilombola land regularization to agrarian authorities
20 November 2003 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Decree 4,887 establishes a process for collective quilombola land titles
23 Mei 2003 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Law formalizes SEPPIR’s mandate
7 April 2003 Haïti History slavery Haiti Aristide demands restitution of Haiti’s independence debt
21 Maart 2003 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil creates SEPPIR on the International Day against Racism
9 Januari 2003 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Law 10,639 makes Afro-Brazilian and African history part of the school curriculum
9 Januari 2003 Brazilië International history trans-atlantic slavery Brazil requires teaching Afro-Brazilian history and culture
13 Mei 2002 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Federal government creates an affirmative-action program
25 April 2002 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN creates Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
9 November 2001 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Rio de Janeiro establishes university quotas for Black and Brown students
10 September 2001 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Decree 3,912 narrows the rules for quilombola land recognition
8 September 2001 Zuid-Afrika Reparations Durban Declaration calls slavery a crime against humanity
8 September 2001 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Durban Declaration links slavery’s legacy to justice and reparations
8 September 2001 Zuid-Afrika International history trans-atlantic slavery Durban Declaration recognizes slavery and the slave trade as crimes against humanity
8 September 2001 Onbekend Crime against humanity Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted
31 Augustus 2001 Nicaragua Reparations Inter-American Court orders recognition of Awas Tingni communal land
31 Augustus 2001 International, Zuid-Afrika International history trans-atlantic slavery World Conference against Racism opens in Durban
31 Augustus 2001 Onbekend Crime against humanity World Conference against Racism opens in Durban
28 Augustus 2001 Onbekend Crime against humanity Durban NGO Forum opens
2 Augustus 2001 Polen Roma and Sinti Permanent exhibition on the genocide of Sinti and Roma opens in Block 13
21 Mei 2001 Frankrijk Reparations Taubira Law recognizes slavery and slave trading as crimes against humanity
21 Mei 2001 Frankrijk Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Taubira law recognizes slavery and the slave trade as crimes against humanity
15 November 2000 International International history trans-atlantic slavery UN adopts the Palermo Protocol on trafficking in persons
4 Augustus 2000 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil creates a register for intangible cultural heritage
2 Augustus 2000 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Foundation law creates a framework for forced-labour compensation
17 Juli 2000 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust German Foundation for forced-labor compensation is established
28 Januari 2000 Zweden Jewish Holocaust Stockholm Declaration commits states to Holocaust education and remembrance
23 Augustus 1999 Senegal International history trans-atlantic slavery Gorée Island in Senegal commemorates the slave trade and its abolition
3 December 1998 Verenigde Staten Jewish Holocaust Washington Principles address Nazi-confiscated art
29 September 1998 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act gives legal effect to redress
23 Augustus 1998 Haïti International history trans-atlantic slavery Haiti holds an early observance of the Slave Trade Remembrance Day
17 Juli 1998 International, Italië International history trans-atlantic slavery States adopt the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
17 Juli 1998 Onbekend Crime against humanity Rome Statute codifies enslavement as a crime against humanity
12 December 1997 Onbekend Crime against humanity UN sets course for World Conference against Racism
21 November 1997 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Ngāi Tahu deed records Crown apology and settlement
7 Oktober 1997 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism King Harald apologizes for Norwegianization
1 Augustus 1997 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Emancipation Day returns as a national public holiday
13 Mei 1997 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Law 9,459 explicitly includes religion in anti-discrimination law
26 Januari 1996 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Government declares Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day
20 November 1995 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Boa Vista wins Brazil’s first collective quilombola land title
20 November 1995 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Marcha Zumbi brings Black demands to Brasília
17 Juli 1995 Finland Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Finland adopts the Act on the Sámi Parliament
22 Mei 1995 Nieuw-Zeeland Reparations Waikato-Tainui and the Crown sign a raupatu settlement deed
27 April 1994 Zuid-Afrika International history trans-atlantic slavery South Africa holds its first democratic election under universal suffrage
27 April 1994 Oostenrijk Roma and Sinti Roma survivors unveil a genocide memorial plaque at Mauthausen
10 Mei 1993 Onbekend Crime against humanity UK parliamentary motion brings Abuja demands into Westminster
29 April 1993 Nigeria Reparations Abuja Proclamation makes a Pan-African reparations claim
29 April 1993 Onbekend Crime against humanity Abuja Proclamation calls for international reparatory justice
22 April 1993 Verenigde Staten Jewish Holocaust US Holocaust Memorial Museum is dedicated
17 December 1992 Guyana History slavery Guyana African Cultural and Development Association is founded
7 April 1991 Tsjecho-Slowakije Roma and Sinti Society establishing the Museum of Romani Culture is registered
9 Oktober 1989 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism The Sámi Parliament opens in Norway
5 Oktober 1989 Brazilië International history trans-atlantic slavery Brazil promulgates a constitution recognizing quilombo land rights
5 Januari 1989 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Caó Law defines crimes of racial discrimination
3 Januari 1989 Onbekend Crime against humanity H.R. 40 opens a legislative route to study reparations
5 Oktober 1988 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Constitution recognizes quilombo land rights and condemns racism
22 Augustus 1988 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Law creates the Cultural Foundation Palmares
12 Juni 1987 Noorwegen Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism Norway adopts the Sámi Act
16 Februari 1987 Israël Jewish Holocaust John Demjanjuk trial opens in Jerusalem
21 Oktober 1986 Africa International history trans-atlantic slavery African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights enters into force
1 Januari 1986 Aruba History slavery Dutch Antilles Aruba attains Status Aparte
1 Augustus 1985 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Emancipation Day is first observed as a national public holiday
5 Mei 1985 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Reagan and Kohl visit the Bitburg military cemetery
31 Mei 1984 Brazilië History slavery Brasil IPHAN council approves protection for Terreiro da Casa Branca
23 November 1983 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana A decree fixes 10 June as French Guiana’s annual abolition commemoration
1 Augustus 1983 International, Zwitserland International history trans-atlantic slavery Second World Conference to Combat Racism opens in Geneva
30 Juni 1983 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana France establishes local annual commemorations of slavery’s abolition
17 Maart 1982 Onbekend Roma and Sinti West Germany formally recognizes the genocide of Sinti and Roma
26 Augustus 1981 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Hardship fund creates a limited route to redress for excluded survivors
27 Juni 1981 Africa, Kenia International history trans-atlantic slavery African states adopt the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
7 Oktober 1980 Verenigde Staten Jewish Holocaust Congress establishes the US Holocaust Memorial Council
4 April 1980 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Sinti survivors begin a hunger strike for recognition and an end to police discrimination
27 Oktober 1979 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Sinti and Roma civil-rights activists organise international remembrance rally
27 November 1978 International International history trans-atlantic slavery UNESCO adopts the Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice
1 November 1978 Verenigde Staten Jewish Holocaust Carter establishes the President’s Commission on the Holocaust
7 Juli 1978 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Unified Black Movement stages a public protest in São Paulo
16 Juni 1977 Guyana History slavery Guyana Guyana unveils the Enmore Martyrs’ Monument
16 Juni 1976 Zuid-Afrika International history trans-atlantic slavery Soweto students rise against apartheid education policy
23 Mei 1976 Guyana History slavery Guyana Guyana unveils the 1763 Monument to commemorate enslaved resistance
15 Januari 1976 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Bahia ends police registration requirements for Candomblé terreiros
11 November 1975 Angola International history trans-atlantic slavery Angola declares independence from Portugal
30 November 1973 International International history trans-atlantic slavery UN adopts the Apartheid Convention
4 Juli 1973 Onbekend International history trans-atlantic slavery Treaty of Chaguaramas establishes CARICOM
19 Juni 1973 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Labour Day is first observed as a public holiday
11 December 1972 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A first federal law recognizes domestic work as an occupation
20 November 1971 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Grupo Palmares holds the first November 20 Black resistance commemoration
20 Juli 1971 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Black activists in Porto Alegre form Grupo Palmares
21 April 1970 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Government declares a State of Emergency during Black Power protests
6 April 1970 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Police kill Black Power demonstrator Basil Davis
26 Februari 1970 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Black Power demonstration marches from UWI to Port of Spain
23 Februari 1970 Guyana History slavery Guyana Guyana becomes a republic within the Commonwealth
8 December 1969 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil promulgates the UN Convention against racial discrimination
20 Oktober 1969 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Jamaica first observes National Heroes Day
5 September 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles FOL enters the election as a new labor and liberation force
26 Juni 1969 Onbekend History slavery Dutch Antilles Interim government takes office
5 Juni 1969 Onbekend History slavery Dutch Antilles Prime Minister Ciro Kroon resigns
2 Juni 1969 Onbekend History slavery Dutch Antilles Antillean parliament agrees to dissolve
1 Juni 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Dutch marines arrive after the uprising
31 Mei 1969 Aruba, Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Aruban labor representatives support a general-strike threat
31 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles The struggle’s demands expand to political change
30 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Police violence turns the march into a wider uprising
30 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Marchers demand bread and recognition
30 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Thousands gather at Post V
30 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Trinta di Mei labor uprising
29 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Workers vote for a solidarity strike
29 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Solidarity strike decided
26 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles CFW renews the strike
7 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Union negotiations demand “equal work, equal pay”
7 Mei 1969 Onbekend History slavery Dutch Antilles Negotiations resume with equal-pay demand
6 Mei 1969 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Wescar workers strike over contract and pay inequality
6 Mei 1969 Onbekend History slavery Dutch Antilles Wescar workers strike over labor conditions
26 November 1968 Onbekend Crime against humanity Convention on non-applicability of limitations adopted
11 April 1968 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery United States enacts the Fair Housing Act
12 Juni 1967 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery US Supreme Court invalidates bans on interracial marriage
30 November 1966 Barbados International history trans-atlantic slavery Barbados becomes independent
15 Oktober 1966 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery Black Panther Party is founded in Oakland
26 Mei 1966 Guyana History slavery Guyana Guyana becomes independent
21 December 1965 Onbekend Crime against humanity International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted
6 Augustus 1965 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery United States enacts the Voting Rights Act
2 Juli 1964 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery United States enacts the Civil Rights Act
18 December 1963 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Federal Court revises its discriminatory compensation precedent
28 Augustus 1963 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
1 Juli 1963 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Centennial monument unveiled on the Rif
25 Mei 1963 Africa, Ethiopië International history trans-atlantic slavery Organization of African Unity is founded
2 Maart 1963 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Rural Worker Statute establishes a framework for rural labor rights
31 Augustus 1962 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent
6 Augustus 1962 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Jamaica becomes independent
6 Augustus 1962 Jamaica International history trans-atlantic slavery Jamaica becomes independent
1 Juni 1962 Israël Jewish Holocaust Israel executes Adolf Eichmann
15 December 1961 Israël Jewish Holocaust Eichmann is sentenced to death
19 September 1961 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Voters reject continued membership in the West Indies Federation
21 Augustus 1961 Guyana History slavery Guyana British Guiana votes under a new constitution
11 April 1961 Israël Jewish Holocaust Eichmann trial opens in Jerusalem
14 December 1960 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery UN declares colonial peoples’ right to independence
1 Oktober 1960 Nigeria International history trans-atlantic slavery Nigeria becomes independent
11 Mei 1960 Argentinië, Israël Jewish Holocaust Israeli agents capture Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
21 Maart 1960 Zuid-Afrika International history trans-atlantic slavery Police kill protesters at Sharpeville
8 December 1958 Ghana International history trans-atlantic slavery All-African Peoples’ Conference opens in Accra
8 Oktober 1957 Algerije Algerian genecoide A French army explosion kills Ali la Pointe and residents of the Casbah
12 Augustus 1957 Guyana History slavery Guyana Elections restore a limited elected legislature
11 Juni 1957 Algerije Algerian genecoide French paratroopers arrest mathematician and activist Maurice Audin
28 Mei 1957 Algerije Algerian genecoide FLN forces massacre villagers associated with the rival MNA
6 Maart 1957 Ghana International history trans-atlantic slavery Ghana becomes independent
4 Maart 1957 Algerije Algerian genecoide French forces kill Larbi Ben M’hidi in custody
23 Februari 1957 Algerije Algerian genecoide French paratroopers arrest FLN leader Larbi Ben M’hidi
28 Januari 1957 Algerije Algerian genecoide An eight-day strike demonstrates mass support for independence
7 Januari 1957 Algerije Algerian genecoide General Massu receives police powers during the Battle of Algiers
22 Oktober 1956 Onbekend Algerian genecoide French forces divert an aircraft carrying five FLN leaders
30 September 1956 Algerije Algerian genecoide Bombs in Algiers cafés kill civilians and widen the urban war
19 September 1956 Frankrijk International history trans-atlantic slavery First International Congress of Black Writers and Artists opens in Paris
7 September 1956 Zwitserland International history trans-atlantic slavery UN adopts a supplementary convention targeting slavery-like practices
7 September 1956 Onbekend Crime against humanity Supplementary Slavery Convention adopted
20 Augustus 1956 Algerije Algerian genecoide The FLN’s Soummam Congress adopts an organisational platform
19 Juni 1956 Algerije Algerian genecoide Ahmed Zabana and Abdelkader Ferradj are executed by guillotine
17 Maart 1956 Algerije Algerian genecoide A decree activates exceptional measures under the special-powers law
12 Maart 1956 Frankrijk Algerian genecoide The French National Assembly grants the government special powers in Algeria
6 Februari 1956 Algerije Algerian genecoide Settler demonstrators force a political retreat during Guy Mollet’s visit
7 Januari 1956 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Federal Court ruling excludes many Roma and Sinti survivors from compensation
20 Augustus 1955 Algerije Algerian genecoide The FLN launches a major offensive in North Constantine
18 April 1955 Indonesië International history trans-atlantic slavery Asian-African Conference opens at Bandung
18 Januari 1955 Algerije Algerian genecoide Mourad Didouche is killed in combat
1 November 1954 Algerije Algerian genecoide The FLN launches an armed uprising against French rule
10 Oktober 1954 Algerije Algerian genecoide Nationalist organisers decide to launch the FLN
23 Maart 1954 Algerije Algerian genecoide The Revolutionary Committee of Unity and Action is formed
9 Oktober 1953 Guyana History slavery Guyana Britain suspends British Guiana’s constitution
19 Augustus 1953 Israël Jewish Holocaust Knesset passes the Yad Vashem Law
27 April 1953 Guyana History slavery Guyana Adult-suffrage election brings the People’s Progressive Party to office
10 September 1952 Israël, Luxemburg Jewish Holocaust Luxembourg Agreements establish compensation payments
3 Juli 1951 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Afonso Arinos Law makes some racial discrimination a criminal contravention
18 September 1950 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Butler Party wins the largest bloc in the Legislative Council
22 Februari 1950 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Justice ministry directs Roma compensation claims to criminal police
13 Januari 1949 Polen Roma and Sinti Buried Roma camp registers are recovered at Auschwitz
10 December 1948 Frankrijk International history trans-atlantic slavery Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms freedom from slavery
10 December 1948 Onbekend Crime against humanity Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted
9 December 1948 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Black newspaper Quilombo publishes its first issue
9 December 1948 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust UN adopts the Genocide Convention
17 Juni 1948 Guyana History slavery Guyana Sugar workers march to bury the Enmore dead
16 Juni 1948 Guyana History slavery Guyana Colonial police kill five striking sugar workers at Enmore
15 Juni 1948 Guyana History slavery Guyana Talks at Non Pareil fail to settle the sugar strike
5 Juni 1948 Guyana History slavery Guyana Striking sugar workers take their demands to Georgetown
14 Mei 1948 Israël, Palestina Jewish Holocaust Israel declares independence amid the postwar refugee crisis
22 April 1948 Guyana History slavery Guyana Sugar workers begin a colony-wide strike against the cut-and-load system
20 September 1947 Algerije Algerian genecoide France promulgates the 1947 Statute of Algeria
18 Juli 1947 Europe Jewish Holocaust British forces intercept the Exodus 1947
2 April 1947 Polen Roma and Sinti Polish tribunal sentences Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss
11 December 1946 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust UN General Assembly recognizes genocide as an international crime
28 Oktober 1946 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad County Council elections extend universal suffrage to local government
4 Juli 1946 Polen Jewish Holocaust Kielce pogrom kills Jewish Holocaust survivors
1 Juli 1946 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad First Legislative Council election under universal adult suffrage
1 Juni 1946 Frankrijk Roma and Sinti France closes the last wartime internment camp for Travellers
16 Maart 1946 Algerije, Frankrijk Algerian genecoide The French Constituent Assembly passes an amnesty law after the 1945 repression
27 Februari 1946 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Nuremberg prosecutors present evidence of forced sterilisation of a Roma woman
15 December 1945 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Lampertheim displaced persons camp opens
20 November 1945 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust International Military Tribunal opens at Nuremberg
24 Oktober 1945 Wereldwijd International history trans-atlantic slavery United Nations Charter enters into force
15 Oktober 1945 Verenigd Koninkrijk International history trans-atlantic slavery Fifth Pan-African Congress opens in Manchester
11 Oktober 1945 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A labor-law amendment expressly excludes domestic and rural workers
29 September 1945 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Harrison report is released to the public
18 September 1945 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Immigration law names European ancestry as a national preference
8 Augustus 1945 Onbekend Crime against humanity London Charter defines crimes against humanity
8 Mei 1945 Algerije Algerian genecoide Victory Day demonstrations are met with colonial massacres
8 Mei 1945 Duitsland, Europe Jewish Holocaust Germany’s surrender ends the war in Europe
5 Mei 1945 Oostenrijk Jewish Holocaust US forces liberate Mauthausen concentration camp
30 April 1945 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Hitler dies as Soviet forces enter Berlin
29 April 1945 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust US forces liberate Dachau concentration camp
24 April 1945 Onbekend Roma and Sinti 43 German Sinti are killed in the Hrastina massacre
15 April 1945 Duitsland Roma and Sinti British troops liberate Bergen-Belsen
15 April 1945 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust British forces liberate Bergen-Belsen
11 April 1945 Duitsland Roma and Sinti US forces reach Buchenwald as prisoners secure the camp
11 April 1945 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust US forces liberate Buchenwald
4 April 1945 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust US forces liberate Ohrdruf concentration camp
31 Maart 1945 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Seventeen-year-old Anton Reinhardt is murdered after an escape
23 Februari 1945 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German soldiers murder sick Roma prisoners at Dubnica
27 Januari 1945 Polen Jewish Holocaust Soviet forces liberate Auschwitz
25 Januari 1945 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Evacuation of Stutthof prisoners begins
17 Januari 1945 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust SS begins evacuating Auschwitz prisoners on death marches
14 December 1944 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Jamaicans vote in the first election under universal adult suffrage
28 November 1944 Hongarije Roma and Sinti Two hundred ninety Hungarian Romnja are deported to Ravensbrück
24 November 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Roma from Detva-Pustovníky are murdered in Zvolen
21 November 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German unit executes Roma in Tisovec and abducts women and children
20 November 1944 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Universal adult suffrage takes effect under Jamaica’s new constitution
15 November 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti SS troops shoot Roma from Čierny Balog in Vydrovo Valley
14 November 1944 Hongarije Roma and Sinti One hundred fifty-seven Hungarian Roma men are deported to Dachau
14 November 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Roma women and children from Čierny Balog are burned alive
6 November 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Einsatzkommando 14 murders thirteen Roma near Valaská Belá
5 November 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Mass executions begin at Kremnička, killing Roma among other targeted groups
3 November 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German and Slovak forces murder the family of partisan Ján Lacko
2 November 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Slovak authorities order a detention camp for Roma at Dubnica
22 Oktober 1944 Bosnië Roma and Sinti Rom Nadir Dedić joins the partisan resistance after Ustaša killings
13 Oktober 1944 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Abdias do Nascimento founds the Teatro Experimental do Negro
7 Oktober 1944 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Jewish Sonderkommando prisoners revolt at Auschwitz-Birkenau
3 Oktober 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German reprisal killings in Berovo include at least four Roma
28 September 1944 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust First transport of Slovak Jews from Sered’ arrives at Theresienstadt
25 September 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Two hundred Sinti and Roma boys and young men are deported from Buchenwald
1 September 1944 Slowakije Jewish Holocaust Deportations of Slovak Jews to Auschwitz resume
30 Augustus 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Vinzenz Rose escapes a Natzweiler satellite camp with help from his brother
29 Augustus 1944 Slowakije Jewish Holocaust German invasion of Slovakia and Slovak National Uprising begin
23 Augustus 1944 Roemenië Roma and Sinti Antonescu’s removal from power ends Romania’s state persecution of Roma
23 Augustus 1944 Roemenië Jewish Holocaust Romania overthrows Antonescu and leaves the Axis alliance
2 Augustus 1944 Duitsland Roma and Sinti SS murders the remaining prisoners in the Roma and Sinti family camp
23 Juli 1944 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Soviet forces liberate Majdanek near Lublin
23 Juli 1944 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Deportation of Rhodes Jews begins
21 Juli 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Twenty-two Lithuanian Romnja are entered in the Auschwitz camp register
15 Juni 1944 Italië Roma and Sinti Fioravante Lucchesi joins the Italian resistance
19 Mei 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Transport of 245 Sinti and Roma leaves Westerbork for Auschwitz
16 Mei 1944 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Dutch police conduct a nationwide roundup of Sinti, Roma, and Travellers
16 Mei 1944 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Roma and Sinti prisoners resist an attempted liquidation at Auschwitz
15 Mei 1944 Hongarije Jewish Holocaust Deportations of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz begin
19 Maart 1944 Hongarije Jewish Holocaust Germany occupies Hungary
22 Januari 1944 International, Verenigde Staten Jewish Holocaust US War Refugee Board is established
15 Januari 1944 België Roma and Sinti German authorities deport 352 Roma from Belgium on Transport Z
15 Januari 1944 Frankrijk Roma and Sinti Transport Z deported Roma and Sinti from northern France to Auschwitz
3 November 1943 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Aktion Erntefest massacres Jewish forced laborers
16 Oktober 1943 Italië Jewish Holocaust German forces arrest Jews in Rome
14 Oktober 1943 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Prisoners launch uprising at Sobibor killing center
2 Oktober 1943 Denemarken Jewish Holocaust Danish rescue effort carries Jews toward safety in Sweden
8 Augustus 1943 Onbekend Roma and Sinti The Lety Roma camp is officially closed after its liquidation
6 Augustus 1943 Litouwen Jewish Holocaust Final deportation wave from the Vilna ghetto begins
2 Augustus 1943 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Jewish prisoners revolt at Treblinka killing center
8 Juli 1943 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica The Jamaica Labour Party is launched
3 Juli 1943 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German police and Polish constables murder the Roma community of Szczurowa
25 Juni 1943 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Fourteen-year-old Johann Winterstein is executed at Auschwitz
4 Juni 1943 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Ján Lacko leaves the Dubnica labour camp and joins the partisans
25 Mei 1943 Duitsland Roma and Sinti SS murders 1,035 Roma prisoners during an epidemic-prevention selection
16 Mei 1943 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust German forces declare the Warsaw ghetto uprising defeated
13 Mei 1943 Tunesië Jewish Holocaust Axis forces surrender in Tunisia
4 Mei 1943 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Roma prisoners from Lety are deported to Auschwitz
1 Mei 1943 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Consolidation of Labor Laws codifies urban labor protections
19 April 1943 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins
20 Maart 1943 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust First Salonika transport arrives at Auschwitz
15 Maart 1943 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust First major deportation convoy leaves Salonika
11 Maart 1943 Noord-Macedonië Jewish Holocaust Bulgarian authorities round up Jews in Skopje
26 Februari 1943 Duitsland Roma and Sinti First transport of Roma and Sinti from Germany arrives at Auschwitz
18 Januari 1943 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Jewish resistance interrupts a renewed Warsaw ghetto deportation action
17 December 1942 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Allies publicly condemn the mass murder of European Jews
16 December 1942 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Himmler orders deportation of Roma and Sinti to Auschwitz
6 December 1942 Tunesië Jewish Holocaust German occupiers demand Jewish forced labor in Tunisia
4 December 1942 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Żegota begins operating as an underground Council to Aid Jews
25 November 1942 Noorwegen Jewish Holocaust Mass arrests target remaining Jews in Oslo
23 November 1942 Tunesië Jewish Holocaust German occupiers arrest prominent Tunisian Jewish leaders
9 November 1942 Tunesië Jewish Holocaust German forces enter Tunisia
8 November 1942 Algerije, Marokko Jewish Holocaust Allied Operation Torch lands in French North Africa
26 Oktober 1942 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust First transport from Terezín arrives at Auschwitz
26 Oktober 1942 Noorwegen Jewish Holocaust German authorities begin arresting Jewish men in Norway
18 Augustus 1942 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Transport of Jews from Croatia arrives at Auschwitz
4 Augustus 1942 België Jewish Holocaust First deportation transport leaves Mechelen
22 Juli 1942 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Mass deportations from the Warsaw ghetto to Treblinka begin
16 Juli 1942 Frankrijk Jewish Holocaust French police begin Vel d’Hiv roundup
15 Juli 1942 Nederland Jewish Holocaust First deportation train leaves the Netherlands for Auschwitz
1 Juni 1942 Roemenië Roma and Sinti Romania begins deporting Roma to Transnistria
29 Mei 1942 Frankrijk Jewish Holocaust Vichy authorities announce yellow-star order for Jews in occupied zone
20 Mei 1942 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Mass arrests and deportations of Roma to Jasenovac begin
24 April 1942 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German forces shoot 176 Roma at Aleksandrovka
27 Maart 1942 Frankrijk Jewish Holocaust First deportation train leaves Drancy for Auschwitz
26 Maart 1942 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust First transport of Slovak Jewish women arrives at Auschwitz
25 Maart 1942 Slowakije Jewish Holocaust First deportation transport of Slovak Jews leaves Poprad
17 Maart 1942 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Mass murder begins at Bełżec
20 Januari 1942 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Wannsee Conference coordinates deportation and murder policy
5 Januari 1942 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Łódź Roma camp is liquidated and its prisoners are murdered at Chełmno
31 December 1941 Litouwen Jewish Holocaust Abba Kovner calls on Vilna Jews to resist Nazi murder
8 December 1941 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Chełmno killing center begins murdering Jews
5 November 1941 Oostenrijk Roma and Sinti First transport of Roma from Burgenland reaches the Łódź ghetto
29 Oktober 1941 Litouwen Jewish Holocaust Massacre at Fort IX kills 9,200 Kovno ghetto residents
28 Oktober 1941 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German and Serbian police begin mass arrests of Roma in Belgrade
28 Oktober 1941 Litouwen Jewish Holocaust German and Lithuanian authorities select Jews in the Kovno ghetto
26 Oktober 1941 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German command orders Roma and Jews in Serbia held as hostages for reprisals
22 Oktober 1941 Roemenië Jewish Holocaust Massacre of Odesa Jews begins under Romanian occupation
20 Oktober 1941 Onbekend Roma and Sinti A Romani man warns people in Niš of an impending arrest raid
18 Oktober 1941 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German and Serbian formations arrest civilians around Kragujevac, including Roma
16 Oktober 1941 Roemenië Jewish Holocaust Romanian authorities occupy Odesa
29 September 1941 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Mass shootings at Babyn Yar begin
6 September 1941 Litouwen Jewish Holocaust German authorities establish two ghettos in Vilna
1 September 1941 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Jews in the German Reich are forced to wear the yellow star
31 Juli 1941 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Göring authorizes Heydrich to coordinate a Europe-wide “solution”
9 Juli 1941 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Two Roma are among the first prisoners documented at Auschwitz
30 Juni 1941 Roemenië Jewish Holocaust Deportation trains carry Iași pogrom survivors
29 Juni 1941 Roemenië Jewish Holocaust Romanian forces carry out the Iași pogrom
22 Juni 1941 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Germany invades the Soviet Union
30 Mei 1941 Onbekend Roma and Sinti German military command places Roma under anti-Jewish occupation rules
30 April 1941 Onbekend Roma and Sinti Ustaša government defines Roma through racial laws
10 April 1941 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Ustaša authorities proclaim the Independent State of Croatia
25 Februari 1941 Nederland Jewish Holocaust February Strike protests persecution of Jews
15 November 1940 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Warsaw ghetto is sealed
7 Oktober 1940 Algerije Jewish Holocaust Vichy abrogates the Crémieux Decree for Algerian Jews
3 Oktober 1940 Frankrijk Jewish Holocaust Vichy enacts the first Statut des Juifs
22 Juni 1940 Algerije, Frankrijk, Marokko, Tunesië Jewish Holocaust Armistice creates Vichy rule over French North Africa
22 Mei 1940 Duitsland Roma and Sinti German authorities deport Sinti and Roma from Hohenasperg
1 Mei 1940 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil establishes a national minimum-wage system
6 April 1940 Frankrijk Roma and Sinti French decree imposes compulsory residence on registered Travellers
13 December 1939 Suriname History slavery Suriname Kota Gede brings the final recorded Javanese migration group
23 November 1939 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust German authorities compel Jews to wear identifying armbands
22 Oktober 1939 Frankrijk Roma and Sinti French military authorities restrict movement of Roma and Travellers
21 September 1939 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Heydrich discusses deporting Roma and Sinti to occupied Poland
21 September 1939 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Heydrich orders concentration of Jews in Polish cities
1 September 1939 Polen Jewish Holocaust Germany invades Poland, beginning the European war
5 Juli 1939 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Estado Novo tightly regulates union association
6 Juni 1939 Cuba Jewish Holocaust Cuba refuses entry to most St. Louis passengers
17 Mei 1939 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust British White Paper restricts Jewish immigration to Palestine
13 Mei 1939 Cuba, Duitsland Jewish Holocaust The St. Louis sails with Jewish refugees
15 Maart 1939 Tsjecho-Slowakije Jewish Holocaust Germany occupies Bohemia and Moravia
16 Februari 1939 Guyana History slavery Guyana Police kill four striking workers at Plantation Leonora
30 Januari 1939 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Hitler publicly threatens the annihilation of European Jews
8 December 1938 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Himmler authorizes racialized persecution of Roma and Sinti
2 December 1938 Europe, Verenigd Koninkrijk Jewish Holocaust First Kindertransport group reaches Britain
15 November 1938 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Jewish children are excluded from German public schools
12 November 1938 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Nazi regime imposes collective fine after Kristallnacht
9 November 1938 Duitsland, Oostenrijk Jewish Holocaust Kristallnacht unleashes coordinated anti-Jewish violence
28 Oktober 1938 Duitsland, Polen Jewish Holocaust Germany expels Polish Jews in the Polenaktion
5 Oktober 1938 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust German authorities mark Jewish passports with a J
18 September 1938 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica The People’s National Party is launched
6 Juli 1938 Frankrijk Jewish Holocaust Evian Conference discusses Jewish refugees
1 Juli 1938 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Seventy-fifth anniversary passes without official remembrance
26 Mei 1938 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Spanish Town protests extend the labor crisis
23 Mei 1938 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Strikes and police gunfire shake Kingston
11 Mei 1938 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Parliament reports oil workers’ wage dispute referred to arbitration
4 Mei 1938 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A decree-law further regulates admission of foreign nationals
2 Mei 1938 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Police fire on strikers at Old Frome
29 April 1938 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Frome workers challenge wages during factory construction
12 Maart 1938 Oostenrijk Jewish Holocaust Germany annexes Austria in the Anschluss
2 December 1937 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Estado Novo dissolves political parties, closing the FNB’s party phase
30 November 1937 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Heritage law creates a state framework that marginalized living Black culture
9 September 1937 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Butler surrenders and is arrested after months in hiding
25 Juli 1937 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union is formed
21 Juli 1937 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad British Parliament discusses a commission into the disturbances
23 Juni 1937 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Police gunfire kills workers during unrest in Rio Claro
22 Juni 1937 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Strikes reach the sugar districts and Port of Spain
21 Juni 1937 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Oilfield strikes spread across Trinidad
19 Juni 1937 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Oilfield workers strike and revolt in Fyzabad
11 Maart 1937 Algerije, Frankrijk Algerian genecoide Messali Hadj and supporters form the Parti du peuple algérien
26 Januari 1937 Frankrijk Algerian genecoide The French cabinet dissolves the Étoile Nord-Africaine
30 December 1936 Frankrijk Algerian genecoide The Blum–Viollette bill is formally deposited
15 Oktober 1936 Frankrijk Algerian genecoide The French cabinet considers the Blum–Viollette proposal
16 Juli 1936 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Berlin police forcibly confine Roma and Sinti at Marzahn
17 Juni 1936 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Himmler is appointed Chief of German Police
6 Juni 1936 Duitsland Roma and Sinti Reich Interior Ministry issues a decree targeting Roma and Sinti
3 Oktober 1935 Ethiopië International history trans-atlantic slavery Italy invades Ethiopia
15 September 1935 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Nuremberg Laws strip Jews of equal citizenship
15 Augustus 1934 Haïti History slavery Haiti The last U.S. Marines leave Haiti
20 Juli 1934 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Police block a planned march linking sugar workers and the unemployed
16 Juli 1934 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Constitution embeds labor rights and an immigration quota
6 Juli 1934 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Sugar workers protest unemployment at Couva
14 Juli 1933 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Nazi state adopts hereditary-health sterilization law
1 Juli 1933 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Trade Unions Act comes into force
19 Juni 1933 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad National Unemployed Movement stages a hunger march in Port of Spain
10 Mei 1933 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Nazi book burnings attack Jewish and critical thought
7 April 1933 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Civil Service Law removes Jews and political opponents
1 April 1933 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Nazi-organized boycott targets Jewish businesses
22 Maart 1933 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Dachau concentration camp opens
30 Januari 1933 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Hitler is appointed chancellor
6 November 1932 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Nazi vote falls in November election while party remains largest
31 Juli 1932 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Nazis win largest share in July Reichstag election but no majority
16 September 1931 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Frente Negra Brasileira organizes a mass Black political movement
5 Mei 1931 Algerije Algerian genecoide The Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama is founded
19 Maart 1931 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Union regulation places organizing under federal supervision
12 December 1930 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The “two-thirds” rule reserves most contracted positions for Brazilian-born workers
26 November 1930 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The provisional government creates a Ministry of Labor
14 September 1930 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Nazi Party becomes the second-largest party in Reichstag election
28 Juni 1930 Zwitserland International history trans-atlantic slavery ILO adopts the Forced Labour Convention
14 Juni 1930 Algerije Algerian genecoide French authorities stage centenary celebrations at Sidi Ferruch
26 Maart 1930 Haïti History slavery Haiti Forbes Commission report recommends gradual U.S. withdrawal
6 December 1929 Haïti History slavery Haiti U.S. Marines fire on a peasant demonstration at Marchaterre
24 Oktober 1929 Verenigde Staten, Wereldwijd Jewish Holocaust Wall Street crash marks the start of a global economic crisis
25 September 1926 Zwitserland International history trans-atlantic slavery League of Nations adopts the Slavery Convention
20 Juni 1926 Frankrijk Algerian genecoide The Étoile Nord-Africaine holds its constituent general assembly
2 Maart 1926 Frankrijk Algerian genecoide The Étoile Nord-Africaine emerges as an anticolonial organisation
18 Juli 1925 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust First volume of Mein Kampf is published
1 April 1925 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Hebrew University opens on Mount Scopus
7 Februari 1925 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad First Legislative Council election under a restricted franchise
26 Mei 1924 Verenigde Staten Jewish Holocaust US Immigration Act entrenches restrictive national quotas
3 April 1924 Guyana History slavery Guyana Police shoot sugar workers marching in solidarity at Ruimveldt
8 November 1923 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Hitler launches the failed Beer Hall Putsch
24 Juli 1922 Duitsland, Palestina Jewish Holocaust League of Nations approves the Mandate for Palestine
1 Juli 1922 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Dockworkers form a union during a strike
17 Augustus 1921 International, Verenigd Koninkrijk Jewish Holocaust The Times exposes the Protocols of the Elders of Zion as a forgery
29 Juli 1921 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Hitler becomes chairman of the Nazi Party
13 Augustus 1920 International, Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery UNIA adopts the Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
4 Augustus 1920 Frankrijk Algerian genecoide France modifies provisions for political participation by Algerians
18 Juli 1920 Algerije, Frankrijk Algerian genecoide Algerian political-rights petitioners address the French Senate
24 Februari 1920 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Nazi Party presents its antisemitic 25-point platform
10 Januari 1920 Frankrijk International history trans-atlantic slavery Treaty of Versailles enters into force and brings the League of Nations into being
1 Januari 1920 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Existing Indian indenture contracts are formally terminated
1 Januari 1920 Guyana History slavery Guyana British Guiana formally ends outstanding indenture contracts
31 Oktober 1919 Haïti History slavery Haiti U.S. Marines kill resistance leader Charlemagne Péralte
11 Augustus 1919 Duitsland Jewish Holocaust Weimar Constitution is signed
11 April 1919 Frankrijk International history trans-atlantic slavery International Labour Organization is established
19 Februari 1919 Frankrijk International history trans-atlantic slavery First Pan-African Congress meets in Paris
4 Februari 1919 Algerije Algerian genecoide The Jonnart Law expands limited political rights for some Algerians
2 November 1917 Britse Rijk, Palestina Jewish Holocaust Britain issues the Balfour Declaration
12 Juli 1917 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The São Paulo labor dispute becomes a general strike
11 Juli 1917 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A mass funeral procession turns grief into public protest
9 Juli 1917 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Police kill shoemaker José I. Martinez during strike unrest
9 Juni 1917 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Workers at Cotonifício Crespi begin a wage strike
22 April 1917 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad The Ganges brings the last indentured immigrants to Trinidad
18 April 1917 Guyana History slavery Guyana The SS Ganges brings the last group of Indian indentured migrants
2 April 1917 Russische Keizerrijk Jewish Holocaust Provisional Government abolishes religious and national restrictions
12 Maart 1917 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Recruitment of Indian indentured laborers is suspended
12 Maart 1917 Guyana History slavery Guyana India halts recruitment for indentured labor in British colonies
10 Januari 1917 Suriname History slavery Suriname Javanese recruitment continues after Indian recruitment ends
4 Januari 1917 Guyana History slavery Guyana Georgetown wharf workers begin a ten-day strike
1 Januari 1917 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Curaçaosche Petroleum Maatschappij takes effect
27 November 1916 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Refinery company formation announced
24 Mei 1916 Suriname History slavery Suriname Dewa marks the final Hindostani contract-worker ship arrival
26 Augustus 1915 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles BPM reports purchase of plantation Asiento
28 Juli 1915 Haïti History slavery Haiti U.S. Marines invade Haiti and begin a nineteen-year occupation
15 Mei 1915 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Government approves refinery-related piers
1 Juli 1913 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Fiftieth anniversary remembered
13 Maart 1913 Guyana History slavery Guyana Police kill fifteen workers at Rose Hall after a labor dispute
19 September 1912 Algerije Algerian genecoide Military service brings a limited exemption from indigénat penalties
3 Februari 1912 Algerije Algerian genecoide France introduces selective conscription for Algerian Muslims
26 Juli 1911 Verenigd Koninkrijk International history trans-atlantic slavery Universal Races Congress convenes in London
22 November 1910 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Sailors revolt against flogging and racialized naval discipline
11 Maart 1909 Bonaire History slavery Dutch Antilles Camilio Horacio Goeloe is born in Rincon
1 Mei 1907 Bonaire History slavery Dutch Antilles Carolus Paulus Goeloe marries Eligia Cornelia Kroon
5 Januari 1907 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A decree recognizes professional unions under the First Republic
12 Juli 1906 Frankrijk Jewish Holocaust Court of Cassation exonerates Alfred Dreyfus
1 December 1905 Guyana History slavery Guyana Police fire on workers during the December 1905 protests
28 November 1905 Guyana History slavery Guyana Georgetown waterfront workers strike for better wages
30 Oktober 1905 Russische Keizerrijk Jewish Holocaust October Manifesto promises civil liberties amid revolution
19 April 1903 Russische Keizerrijk Jewish Holocaust Kishinev pogrom begins
15 December 1902 Algerije Algerian genecoide The Margueritte defendants’ trial opens in Montpellier
30 Juli 1902 Suriname History slavery Suriname Colonial troops fire on workers at Mariënburg
29 Juli 1902 Suriname History slavery Suriname Workers kill Mariënburg director James Mavor
27 Juli 1902 Suriname History slavery Suriname Reed cutters reject the task rate at Mariënburg
2 Juli 1902 Suriname History slavery Suriname Mariënburg workers stop work over wages and labor conditions
29 Juni 1902 Suriname History slavery Suriname Arrest of Jumpa Raygaroo sparks confrontation at Alliance
28 Juni 1902 Suriname History slavery Suriname Hindostani and Javanese workers strike at Alliance
26 April 1901 Algerije Algerian genecoide Righa residents rise against settler encroachment at Margueritte
23 Juli 1900 Verenigd Koninkrijk International history trans-atlantic slavery First Pan-African Conference opens in London
14 April 1898 Bonaire History slavery Dutch Antilles Marciana Goeloe is born in Rincon
13 Januari 1898 Frankrijk Jewish Holocaust Émile Zola publishes “J’accuse…!”
7 Oktober 1897 Russische Keizerrijk Jewish Holocaust Jewish Workers’ Bund is founded in Vilna
8 September 1897 Bonaire History slavery Dutch Antilles Carolus Paulus Goeloe marries Felecita Sintjago
29 Augustus 1897 Zwitserland Jewish Holocaust First Zionist Congress opens in Basel
13 Oktober 1896 Guyana History slavery Guyana Police fire on striking workers at Non Pareil
22 December 1894 Frankrijk, Frans-Guyana Jewish Holocaust Military court convicts Dreyfus in a closed proceeding
15 Oktober 1894 Frankrijk, Frans-Guyana Jewish Holocaust French authorities arrest Captain Alfred Dreyfus
16 Juni 1894 Suriname History slavery Suriname A new Javanese cohort arrives aboard Voorwaarts
11 December 1892 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Black journalists launch O Exemplo in Porto Alegre
24 Februari 1891 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The first republican Constitution preserves major barriers to political participation
11 Oktober 1890 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Penal Code criminalizes “spiritism” and unauthorized healing
11 Oktober 1890 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Republic criminalizes capoeira in its penal code
9 Augustus 1890 Suriname History slavery Suriname The first Javanese contract workers arrive in Suriname
2 Juli 1890 Africa, België International history trans-atlantic slavery Brussels Act establishes an international anti-slave-trade regime
28 Juni 1890 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Decree 528 restricts entry of people described as Indigenous to Asia or Africa
1 Juli 1888 Curaçao History slavery Dutch Antilles Twenty-fifth anniversary of emancipation
27 Juni 1888 Algerije Algerian genecoide The French legislature extends the indigénat law
20 Mei 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Perseverança e Porvir publicly celebrates the abolition of slavery
13 Mei 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Lei Áurea abolishes slavery throughout Brazil
13 Mei 1888 Brazilië International history trans-atlantic slavery Brazil abolishes slavery through the Lei Áurea
11 Mei 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A Senate committee reviews the abolition proposal
10 Mei 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Chamber of Deputies approves the abolition bill
8 Mei 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The government submits an immediate abolition bill to the Chamber
3 Mei 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Princess Regent Isabel’s opening address calls for ending slavery
23 April 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Clube do Cupim helps embark 119 people fleeing enslavement
18 Maart 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The paper calls for collective self-emancipation amid flight
10 Maart 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil João Alfredo’s cabinet takes office as immediate abolition returns to the agenda
4 Maart 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The paper revisits the Penha do Rio do Peixe murder
1 Maart 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A Redempção reports the murder of abolitionist Joaquim Firmino
12 Februari 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Serra Negra “freedom” resolution requires continued service
29 Januari 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Abolitionist writing rejects the criminalization of escape
5 Januari 1888 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The newspaper presents mass flight as breaking slaveholder control
25 Oktober 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Clube Militar asks that soldiers not hunt people escaping slavery
28 September 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil José do Patrocínio launches the newspaper Cidade do Rio
18 September 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Satire attacks slave catchers and illegal re-enslavement
28 Augustus 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A Caifaz letter celebrates resistance to a fugitive catcher
15 Mei 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A manumission report reveals unequal terms of freedom
28 April 1887 Algerije Algerian genecoide A land law facilitates division and transfer of collective property
4 April 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A Cupim list traces twenty-seven escapees from thirteen plantations
3 April 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The paper records Rita’s unconditional manumission
24 Maart 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A freedom register records 56 manumissions tied to future service
13 Maart 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Abolitionist reporting describes forced Sunday labor and restraint
17 Februari 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A legal argument contests the enslavement of Africans
3 Februari 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Crônica Negra exposes plantation violence
23 Januari 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Abolitionist print links freedom to political rupture
20 Januari 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A Redempção expands its public naming of slave-catching
13 Januari 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A freedom register records three manumissions
9 Januari 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The paper names people who hunted fugitives
8 Januari 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Newspaper reports racialized policing on the Jundiaí railway
2 Januari 1887 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A Redempção opens its columns to fugitive resistance
15 Oktober 1886 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Empire abolishes judicial sentences of flogging for enslaved defendants
7 Oktober 1886 Cuba International history trans-atlantic slavery Cuba ends legal slavery
1 November 1885 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Clube do Cupim formally dissolves under pressure
28 September 1885 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Sexagenarian Law offers conditional freedom to some older people
30 Augustus 1885 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A planned escape uses cargo as cover for a passage north
20 Juni 1885 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Joaquim Nabuco brings two freedom letters to Ave Libertas
17 Juni 1885 Bonaire History slavery Dutch Antilles Steba Rijna and Elisabeth Goeloe marry
25 Maart 1885 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Ave Libertas leads a public anniversary celebration and freedom campaign
26 Februari 1885 Duitsland International history trans-atlantic slavery Berlin General Act invokes suppression of slavery while advancing colonial control
5 December 1884 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Clube do Cupim records enslaved people financing escape passages
15 November 1884 Duitsland International history trans-atlantic slavery Berlin Conference opens amid European competition for Africa
30 Oktober 1884 Onbekend History slavery Trinidad Colonial forces fire on the Hosay procession in San Fernando
8 Oktober 1884 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A secret Recife group begins organizing escape routes
26 September 1884 Suriname History slavery Suriname Janey Tetary is killed during the repression at Zorg en Hoop
24 September 1884 Suriname History slavery Suriname Zorg en Hoop workers protest heavy tasks and low pay
8 September 1884 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Ave Libertas celebrates its new headquarters and delivers twenty freedom letters
7 September 1884 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Porto Alegre publicly celebrates municipal emancipation
13 Juli 1884 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A second Ave Libertas benefit frees three women
10 Juli 1884 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Amazonas declares the province free of slavery
20 Juni 1884 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Ave Libertas stages a benefit and secures freedom for Epiphania and Joaquina
19 Mei 1884 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica A limited elected element returns to Jamaica’s Legislative Council
20 April 1884 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Women in Recife found the abolitionist society Ave Libertas
25 Maart 1884 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Ceará abolishes slavery within the province
30 September 1883 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Mossoró proclaims abolition within its municipality
9 Mei 1883 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Abolitionist Confederation links societies across the Empire
1 Januari 1883 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Acarape’s remaining enslaved residents receive freedom documents
15 Mei 1882 Russische Keizerrijk Jewish Holocaust May Laws restrict Jewish residence and economic life
28 Juni 1881 Algerije Algerian genecoide France enacts the Algerian indigénat regime
27 April 1881 Russische Keizerrijk Jewish Holocaust Pogrom in Yelizavetgrad begins a wider wave of anti-Jewish violence
30 Januari 1881 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Fortaleza jangadeiros refuse to transport enslaved people for sale
23 Januari 1881 Brazilië History slavery Brasil São Paulo taxes the entry of enslaved people into the province
1 Januari 1881 Brazilië History slavery Brasil O Libertador gives Ceará’s antislavery movement a newspaper
8 December 1880 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Sociedade Cearense Libertadora is inaugurated
1 November 1880 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The newspaper O Abolicionista begins publication
22 September 1880 Bonaire History slavery Dutch Antilles Thomasa Doloria Goeloe is born in Rincon
7 September 1880 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A Brazilian anti-slavery society is founded in Rio de Janeiro
10 Juli 1880 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Gazeta da Tarde begins a Black-led abolitionist press campaign
13 Februari 1880 Cuba International history trans-atlantic slavery Spain establishes a patronato system in Cuba
5 Maart 1879 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Jerônimo Sodré brings immediate abolition back into parliamentary debate
11 Februari 1877 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana Berryer brings the final Indian indenture convoy
5 Juni 1874 Frankrijk Algerian genecoide The ship La Loire departs with Algerian political deportees
8 April 1874 Suriname History slavery Suriname Howrah arrives as recruitment continues
25 November 1873 Suriname History slavery Suriname Calcutta brings the fifth recorded 1873 arrival
8 November 1873 Suriname History slavery Suriname Mangalore arrives during the first year of contract migration
25 Augustus 1873 Suriname History slavery Suriname Yorkshire arrival expands recruitment from British India
26 Juli 1873 Algerije Algerian genecoide The Warnier Law accelerates individualisation of Algerian land
8 Juli 1873 Suriname History slavery Suriname The Bengal arrives with another contract cohort
1 Juli 1873 Suriname History slavery Suriname Ten-year state supervision over emancipated people ends
5 Juni 1873 Suriname History slavery Suriname Lalla Rookh brings the first large Hindostani contract-worker group
5 Juni 1873 Suriname History slavery Suriname First British Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
14 Mei 1873 Brazilië History slavery Brasil São Paulo restricts licenses for some occupations by enslaved workers
28 April 1873 Bonaire History slavery Dutch Antilles Carolus Poulus Goeloe is born
22 Maart 1873 Puerto Rico International history trans-atlantic slavery Spain abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico
26 Februari 1873 Suriname History slavery Suriname Lalla Rookh departs Calcutta with contracted workers
4 December 1872 Bonaire History slavery Dutch Antilles Leander Goeloe marries Marsera Martha Jacobina
29 September 1872 Guyana History slavery Guyana Devonshire Castle workers strike over wages, hours and deductions
1 Augustus 1872 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Brazil begins its first national census
10 Februari 1872 Suriname History slavery Suriname The Netherlands and Britain ratify the migration agreement
10 Februari 1872 Suriname History slavery Suriname Agreement for British Indian recruitment is ratified
20 Januari 1872 Algerije Algerian genecoide Boumezrag el-Mokrani is captured after the 1871 uprising
1 December 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A new registration decree governs enslaved people and freeborn children
28 September 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Free Womb Law declares future-born children free under conditions
28 September 1871 Brazilië International history trans-atlantic slavery Brazil adopts the Rio Branco Law on children born to enslaved women
22 September 1871 Algerije Algerian genecoide A decree formalises large land confiscations after the uprising
15 September 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Senate continues debate before the Free Womb Law
14 September 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Senate debates the proposal’s protections and limits
11 September 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Senate takes up the emancipation question
26 Augustus 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A deputy calculates how long the proposed system would preserve bondage
22 Augustus 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Chamber returns to the future promised by free birth
9 Augustus 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Perdigão Malheiro questions the slow emancipation design
7 Augustus 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Chamber debates who would control freeborn children
31 Juli 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Rio Branco argues for the proposed emancipation framework
21 Juli 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Chamber continues debate over children’s status and service
18 Juli 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Deputies debate maternal claims under the free-birth proposal
14 Juli 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Rio Branco defends state control of the emancipation timetable
13 Juli 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The agriculture minister links emancipation to provincial funds
12 Juli 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Perdigão Malheiro challenges the government’s emancipation proposal
11 Juli 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Chamber examines the terms and timetable of emancipation
30 Juni 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A Senate committee reports on the gradual emancipation bill
24 Mei 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A second Chamber session continues the free-birth proposal
23 Mei 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Chamber opens a new phase of debate on free birth
12 Mei 1871 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The government presents a gradual emancipation bill
5 Mei 1871 Algerije Algerian genecoide Mohammed el-Mokrani is killed during the fighting
25 April 1871 Algerije Algerian genecoide French authorities proclaim a state of siege during the uprising
22 April 1871 Algerije Algerian genecoide French forces halt insurgents at the Battle of Alma
8 April 1871 Algerije Algerian genecoide Cheikh Haddad calls on followers to join the uprising
15 Maart 1871 Algerije Algerian genecoide El-Mokrani declares armed resistance in a letter to French officers
14 Maart 1871 Algerije Algerian genecoide Mohammed el-Mokrani launches a major uprising against French rule
8 September 1870 Suriname History slavery Suriname Dutch-British agreement sets terms for Indian contract migration
4 Juli 1870 Cuba, Puerto Rico, Spanje International history trans-atlantic slavery Spain enacts the Moret Law for gradual emancipation
14 Mei 1870 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Teixeira Júnior challenges ministerial silence on emancipation
3 Februari 1870 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery Fifteenth Amendment prohibits race-based denial of voting rights
15 September 1869 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Empire bars public auctions and display of enslaved people
3 Augustus 1869 Guyana History slavery Guyana Leonora workers resist wage deductions and harsh plantation conditions
3 Juli 1869 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust North German law establishes formal civil equality across religions
15 Juni 1869 Puerto Rico International history trans-atlantic slavery Spanish Cortes debates gradual emancipation for Puerto Rico
9 Juli 1868 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery Fourteenth Amendment establishes birthright citizenship
7 Mei 1868 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Council of State advances a controlled emancipation plan
30 April 1868 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Council weighs freedom at birth against slaveholder property claims
23 April 1868 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Council members debate the legal rupture of “partus sequitur ventrem”
16 April 1868 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Council of State begins reviewing an emancipation draft
21 December 1867 Onbekend Jewish Holocaust Austrian constitutional law affirms equality before the law
28 November 1867 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica A new Jamaica Constabulary Force takes shape after Morant Bay
18 Juli 1867 Brazilië History slavery Brasil An enslaved witness is questioned after the Viana uprising
10 Juli 1867 Brazilië History slavery Brasil Viana insurgents write that they seek freedom for enslaved people
6 November 1866 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A decree frees state-owned enslaved men designated for army service
18 Juni 1866 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Colonial Secretary Cardwell condemns aspects of the Morant Bay repression
11 Juni 1866 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica An Order in Council establishes Jamaica’s Crown Colony constitution
9 April 1866 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica The Royal Commission reports excessive punishment and insufficient proof against Gordon
9 April 1866 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery US Congress enacts the Civil Rights Act of 1866
23 Maart 1866 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica The Jamaica Act authorizes constitutional change under imperial authority
23 Januari 1866 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica The Royal Commission begins investigating Morant Bay and its suppression
10 December 1865 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana Duguay-Trouin convoy reaches Cayenne
6 December 1865 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery in the United States
13 November 1865 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Martial law ends after the Morant Bay crackdown
24 Oktober 1865 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Colonial authorities execute Paul Bogle
23 Oktober 1865 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Colonial authorities execute George William Gordon
21 Oktober 1865 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica George William Gordon is sentenced to death by court-martial
13 Oktober 1865 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Governor Eyre declares martial law across most of Surrey County
11 Oktober 1865 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica Black Jamaicans march on Morant Bay courthouse
11 Oktober 1865 Jamaica International history trans-atlantic slavery Morant Bay rebellion challenges colonial rule in Jamaica
7 Oktober 1865 Jamaica History slavery Jamaica A court protest in Morant Bay foreshadows the October uprising
19 September 1865 Cuba Slave voyages The slave ship Gato arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 152 people had been taken aboard and approximately 145 arrived.
19 Juni 1865 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery Union forces announce emancipation in Texas
31 Januari 1865 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery US House approves the Thirteenth Amendment
7 Januari 1865 Brazilië History slavery Brasil The Empire creates the Voluntários da Pátria corps
1 December 1864 Frans-Guyana History slavery French Guyana Nicolas-Poussin convoy reaches French Guiana
24 November 1864 Cuba Slave voyages The slave ship Cicerón began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Cuba.
26 Oktober 1864 Cuba Slave voyages The slave ship Cicerón departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Cuba.
24 September 1864 Brazilië History slavery Brasil A decree emancipates surviving emancipados
5 Juli 1864 Nederland, Sint Maarten History slavery Dutch Antilles Dutch law raises Sint Maarten owner compensation
5 Mei 1864 Cuba Slave voyages The slave ship Guadalquivir arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 601 people had been taken aboard and approximately 477 arrived.
19 April 1864 Cuba Slave voyages The slave ship Isabel arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 750 people had been taken aboard and approximately 625 arrived.
8 April 1864 Verenigde Staten International history trans-atlantic slavery US Senate passes the Thirteenth Amendment
8 Februari 1864 Cuba Slave voyages The slave ship Pondichery arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 673 people had been taken aboard and approximately 659 arrived.
6 Februari 1864 Cuba Slave voyages The slave ship Polaca arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 488 people had been taken aboard and approximately 465 arrived.
4 November 1863 Cuba Slave voyages The slave ship Cicerón (a) City of Norwich arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 1109 people had been taken aboard and approximately 960 arrived.
25 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Julij
18 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Sallij
8 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Philippina
8 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Napoleon
8 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Albertina
8 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Eduard
7 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Frederika
7 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Delia
7 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Philip
7 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Hermanus
7 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Laurens
7 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Louisiana
7 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Fortuna
7 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Johannis
7 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Floris
4 Augustus 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Abigail
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Removal following illness registration for Andresa
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Removal following illness registration for Cornelis
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Gertruida
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Bernard
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Fortuin
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Azor
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Caesar
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for George
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Pieta
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Calesta
30 Juli 1863 Suriname Suriname slave register Death registration for Maandag