1997 Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Aust one-day Series
1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
1996 Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup
1995 Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final
1995 Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1995 West Indies beat NZ by innings and 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55
1995 West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand
1994 Kapil Dev's final one-day international (v West Indies)
1994 Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52
1993 JRD Tata, Indies industrialist (Air-India), dies at 89
1993 India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12
1993 Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in New York City
1993 Balak Brahmachari, [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at 73
1993 Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19
1993 Pakistan all out 43 vs. West Indies, world one-day int record low
1993 West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide
1993 West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0
1992 Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win vs. West Indies
1992 Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott
1991 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, vs. West Indies at Headingley
1989 Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup
1989 Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG
1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs. West Indies, Sydney
1989 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1987 India all out for 75 vs. West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
1987 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka
1986 Pakistan all out for 77 vs. West Indies at Lahore
1986 West Indies all out for 53 vs. Pakistan (Abdul Qadir 6-16)
1986 West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England
1985 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
1984 Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
1984 West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England
1984 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader
1984 West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal
1983 India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1982 West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1980 NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
1980 West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup
1979 West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1978 Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, dies at 90
1976 Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley vs. West Indies (0 and 17)
1976 India all out for 97 vs. West Indies
1976 Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies
1976 Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies
1975 Gary Cosier scores 109 vs. West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut
1975 West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1973 Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler, ODI 1996
1973 Indies troops invade Sikkim
1971 Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, v West Indies 1993
1971 Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. NZ 1996
1971 Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs. West Indies at Port-of-Spain
1970 Courtney Browne, cricketer, West Indies Test wicket-keeper 1995
1969 Sheahan and Connolly hang on for exciting draw Aust vs. W Indies
1967 Masood Anwar, cricketer, one Test Pakistan vs. West Indies 1990
1967 Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots
1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1965 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies
1963 Bikram Singh, Indies Lt-General (Kashmir), dies
1963 Daulet Singh, Indies Lt-General, dies
1963 NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies
1962 Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack
1962 Battles on Chinese and Indies boundary
1961 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
1961 Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 mins for cricket draw vs West Indies
1960 Australia vs. West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
1959 West Indies all out 76 vs. Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34
1958 Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs. West Indies at Kanpur
1958 West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan
1958 West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
1958 Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs. West Indies
1957 Peter Webb, NZ cricketer, batsman against West Indies 1980
1957 Clyde Butts, cricketer, West Indies off-spinner late eighties
1957 Tom Graveney scores 258 vs. West Indies at Trent Bridge
1957 Andries CD de Graeff, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at 84
1955 Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever
1955 Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce
1952 Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs. West Indies at the SCG
1952 Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38
1951 West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket
1951 Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide
1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
1950 Indies Constitution goes into effect
1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
1950 West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine
1949 Basil Williams, cricketer, century on debut for West Indies 1978
1949 Alvin Kallicharran, cricketer, wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81
1948 Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin)
1948 Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for West Indies in only Test Cricket innings
1948 W Indies vs. England, Test debut Walcott, Weekes and Jim Laker
1946 Felicity Kendal, Indies/British actress, Shakespeare Wallah
1945 Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands
1944 Keith Adrian, [Johnson], Indies/Dutch actor, Intrepid Mr. Twist
1943 Maurice Foster, cricketer, West Indies batsman of 70's
1942 West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland
1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1942 Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies
1942 Japan invades North-Celebes, Netherlands Indies
1941 GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies
1941 Former Dutch PM Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence
1938 Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
1937 Peter Lashley, cricketer, 4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66
1935 Rohan Kanhai, cricketer, one of West Indies' finest batsmen
1935 Alexander W. F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at 73
1934 Fokker F18 Snip flies to Netherlands West Indies
1934 Des Hoare, cricketer, Australian quickie in Test in 1961 vs. W Indies
1934 Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
1932 British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru
1931 West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
1930 Start of the 1st Australia vs. West Indies Test (at Adelaide)
1930 Raj Bagri, Indies/British merchant in metal
1930 West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies
1926 Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's
1924 KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies
1924 Simpson Guillen, cricketer, wicket-keeper for West Indies and NZ
1924 Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73
1923 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies
1920 Dirk Fock appointed as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies
1919 Alan Lisette, cricketer, NZ slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956
1917 Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer, Blue Peter, Purple Plain
1917 U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands
1916 Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million
1916 JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies
1915 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok)
1915 Raymond Emery, cricketer, NZ Test batsman vs West Indies 1952
1914 Winston Place, cricketer, England opener in West Indies 1948
1911 Jan Boon, [Tjalie Robinson], Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong
1908 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69
1904 JB van Heutsz becomes gov-general of Netherland Indies
1904 Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production
1900 Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46
1900 John Longden, West Indies, actor, Man From Interpol
1900 George J D Campbell, British min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76
1892 Otto van Raised, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1884-88), dies at 69
1891 King Pakketvaart sails to Netherlands Indies
1888 Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, Governor of Netherlands Indies, 1936-45
1887 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indies mathematician, ã/Notebooks
1886 Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50
1881 Pieter Mijer, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1866-72), dies at 68
1875 Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor, Dutch East Indies
1873 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70
1873 Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher
1872 Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1926-31
1861 Alexander W. F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1909-16
1860 Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies
1859 Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves
1858 Dirk Fock, governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1921-26
1857 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)
1853 Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies
1851 C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist, Netherlands Indies
1851 Johannes B van Heutsz, lt-gen/gov-gen Dutch East Indies
1848 Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands)
1831 Paul R Cantzlaar, Governor of Saba/Curaeao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1823 George JD Campbell, Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies, 1868-74/80-85
1812 Pieter Mijer, Dutch Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1866-72
1811 English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies
1811 Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch dir-gen of East Indies Co, dies at 49
1810 Albertus H Wiese, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, dies at about 48
1810 Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness
1808 Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies
1806 Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1861-66
1803 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, 1856-61
1800 Dutch East Indies Company dissolves
1797 Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to British
1795 Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies
1781 Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Netherlands Indies
1781 Dutch West Indies island of St. Eustatia taken by British
1780 Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, gov-general of Netherlands Indies, 1826-30
1780 Johannes van den Bosch, Governor-General, Netherlands East Indies
1777 Jeremias van Riemsd˜k, Governor-General of Dutch Indies, dies at 64
1775 Peter A van de Parra, Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies), dies at 61
1771 Paul R Cantzlaar, government of Saba/St-Eustatius/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies
1762 British take Grenada, West Indies, from French
1762 Sebastiaan C. Nederburgh, director-general, East Indies Company
1761 Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56
1752 East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed
1740 Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1801-05
1735 Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/gov-gen of E Indies, dies at about 46
1732 VOC fires Neth-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare
1729 Matthaeus de Cock, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1725-29), dies at about 65
1712 Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies, 1775-77
1704 Jacob Mossel, governor-general, Dutch East Indies
1655 Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam
1653 Joan van Hoorn, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1707-09
1653 Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, dies at 48
1653 Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at 48
1645 Anton van Diemen, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about 51
1635 Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general, Dutch East Indies
1629 Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies
1621 John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies
1619 Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general, Netherlands East Indies
1619 England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies
1615 Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns
1609 Pieter Both sworn in as 1st Governor-General of East Indies
1595 Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch E indies poet, dies at 48
1595 Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50
1547 Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet
1515 Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies
1502 Columbus begins 4th and last trip to "Indies"
1492 Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies"
1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies
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