In 1555 the Spanish claimed the Islands
The Caribs and the Arawaks were progressively wiped out by the after-effects of the Spanish conquest, with the more peaceful Arawak tribes suffering the greater losses
The Spanish were continuously harassed by the native Caribs and by pirates and buccaneers who attacked the Spanish galleons which were carrying riches back to Spain
The pirates who operated in the Islands included Blackbeard, Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, Henry Morgan, Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake
1632 Thomas Warner brings English and Irish Catholics from St.Kitts to establish a colony on Montserrat
1649 Oliver Cromwell transports Irish political prisoners to Montserrat
1651 Irish bring first slaves to Montserrat
Slave rebellion - 1768 on St. Patrick’s Day
The slaves were emancipated in the 1830's
1914 - 1918 WW1
1939 - 1945 WW11
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Montserrat is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom
The eruption of the Soufriere Hills, Chances peak, volcano that began on July 18, 1995 and still continues has made much of the island uninhabitable.