Tamba- Tamba timeline...

Briefly, here are some key dates and events in the history of Tamba- Tamba.
We will look at some of these important events at greater length in the future...

1525- The Archipelago is depicted in Antonio Pigafetta's Primo Viaggio Interno al Globo Terraqueo
1615- Caetano do Tristao claims the island for Portugal and names it Tome- Tome.
1630- Dutch settlement of the northern chain of the Archipelago.
1688- The Dutch abandon the Archipelago.
1689- The Portuguese abandon Tome- Tome.
1777- Mutinous sailors from HMS Dreadful settle on the island. After initial infighting midshipman Thomas Cock emerges as the dominant figure. The abandoned Tome- Tome village is resettled and is named Cocktown.
1794- In the face of harassment from the French, Tamba- Tamba allies itself with the British Empire.
1800- The Slave Rebellion.
1828- Sir Hugh Horton Hargreaves spends a year in the Archipelago studying the fauna. The publication of his Theory of Selective Evolution leads to his incarceration in Bedlam.
1854- The San Luisitano incident which leads to British interest in Tamba- Tamba ending. Cocktown renamed Palmerston, foundation of the Rajah Dynasty of Tamba- Tamba, Sir Brougham Sleight assumes the title of Brougham Kakoy.
1941- German U-boat U45 docks in Palmerston, which is otherwise unaffected by the war.
1959- Volcano erupts on Round Tamba.
1979- The Revolution of May 15th.
1983- The US blockade of Tamba- Tamba.
1984- Palmerston man Johnson Cox unofficially beats the mens' 100 metres world record.
1999- Visit of Dalai Lama.
2009- Visit of Sir Elton John.