1995 Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at 75
1994 Asta ER Elstak, Suriname/Neth welfare worker, dies at 74
1994 Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38
1993 AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78
1993 Paramaribo Suriname TV studio destroyed by fire
1993 Henk Knol, Suriname MP (PvdA), dies at 61
1992 SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival
1991 Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname religious leader, dies
1991 Ronald Venetiaan chosen president of Suriname
1991 Cornelis Z. Forster, Suriname granman/gaanman, dies
1990 Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies
1989 Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies
1989 Suriname SLM-173 (DC-8) crashes near Paramaribo Airport killing 173
1989 Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
1989 Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
1988 Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist
1988 Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
1987 Suriname constitution ratified
1986 Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
1986 Suriname government proclaims gold purification
1986 Suriname army capt Etienne Boerenveen arrested for cocaine smuggling
1983 Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant/putschist, commits suicide
1982 Suriname army leader Bouterse murders 15 opponents
1982 Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered
1982 Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary, murdered
1982 Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered
1982 Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered
1982 Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered
1982 John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered
1982 Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered
1982 Leckie, Suriname scholar, murdered
1982 Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered
1982 Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered
1982 Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building
1982 Wilfred Hawker, Suriname sgt-major, executed
1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
1982 Suriname President Chin A Sen resigns and flees to Neth
1982 Suriname premier Chin A Sen flees
1981 Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered
1981 Suriname failed coup under sgt-mjr Wilfred Hawker
1980 Suriname president Johan Ferrier ousted
1980 Miltary coup under Desi Bouterse in Suriname
1980 Coup ousts PM Henck Arron of Suriname
1977 Latoya Warning, Suriname 4th Miss Teenager 1993
1976 Mike Ferrier, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, FC Volendam, Salernitana
1975 Netherlands grants Suriname independence (Natl Day)
1975 Raymond Graanoogst, Suriname/Dutch soccer player for the FC Utrecht
1974 Rene A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57
1974 Harvey Esajas, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1974 Gregory Playfair, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, PSV
1973 Elections in Suriname, premier Sedney's PNP doesn't win a chair
1973 Suriname government of Sedney arrests 13 union leaders
1972 Sherida Pawiroredjo, Suriname Miss Indra Maju 1993
1971 Quintis "Chico" Ristie, Suriname radio host
1971 Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 Saskia Sibilo, Miss Suriname 1990
1970 Dean Gorre, Suriname/Dutch soccer player, Feyenoord
1970 "Jopie" Pengel, [Johan A], premier Suriname (1963-69), dies at 54
1970 Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier Suriname, dies
1969 Suriname government of Pengel resigns
1968 University of Suriname opens
1967 Anthony Nesty, swimmer, won Suriname's 1st gold olympic medal
1965 H L de Vries appointed Dutch governor of Suriname
1964 Florence Gopi, Suriname radio-broadcaster, KBC-Metro B˜lmer
1964 Suriname governor A Currie resigns
1964 Suriname River dammed
1963 Stanley Menzo, Suriname/Dutch soccer goaltender, Ajax/PSV
1963 George Heidweiler, Suriname, Dutch painter
1963 "Jopie" Pengel forms government in Suriname
1962 Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star, Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan
1961 Ane-Marie Sanches, newscaster, Suriname TV/Radio
1960 Carolien de Windt, Suriname/Dutch singer, Mai Tai
1960 Bolik Dahan, Suriname singer/radio host, Radio KBC
1959 Kenneth D. Herdigein, Suriname/Dutch actor, Say A
1958 J Pengel forms government/Emanuels premier of Suriname
1957 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die
1956 Denise Jannah, [Zeefuik], Suriname jazz singer, Farmer's Market
1955 J van Tilburg appointed governor of Suriname
1953 Roy Ristie, Suriname/Neth radio host, Apintie, Kankantrie
1953 Marcel R Zeeuw, Suriname Lt-colonel, coup 1982
1952 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles and Suriname ends
1952 Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers
1951 Johannes C Kielstra, Dut economist/gov (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72
1950 Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands
1949 NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname
1947 Carmen Krolis, Suriname/Neth singer
1946 NPS, Nationale Party Suriname, forms
1945 Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47
1942 Suriname camp for NSB people opens to save Jews
1941 Frank Creton, Suriname/Neth painter
1941 U.S. troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine
1941 Jules Wijdenbosch, premier Suriname
1940 Leo H Ferrier, Suriname writer, Atman
1940 Gov of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees
1938 Frits Wols, [Eugene W Wong Loi Sing], Suriname, sec-gen, UNESCO
1936 R. Ronald Venetian, president Suriname, 1991-
1935 Michael Slory, Suriname poet, Bitter Combat
1934 Hilly Axwijk, Suriname social worker
1933 Suriname worker's union leader A de Come banish to Netherlands
1933 Colonial troops in Suriname kill 2 demonstrators
1933 Colonial government arrests Anton de Kom in Paramaribo Suriname
1932 1st Suriname union congress at Paramaribo
1931 Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo
1929 Andre Carolus Cirino, Suriname/Indian poet
1929 Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch Governor of Suriname (1902-05), dies at 74
1926 Max Sordam, Suriname warden/writer, Dictionary Sranantongo
1925 Eddy Bruma, Suriname politician
1921 Beatrice "Fiet" van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer
1919 Franc [Franklin E] Essed, Suriname agricultural eng, Oper Grasshopper
1917 Rene A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillian poet, Juancho Picaflor
1917 Asta E R Elstak, Suriname/Dutch social worker
1916 Suriname Bauxite Company forms in Paramaribo
1916 Jagernath Lachmon, premier Suriname
1916 Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
1916 Dugo D Schenker, Suriname/Antillian producer
1916 Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier of Suriname, 1963-69
1915 A J A Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer
1913 Hugo Pos, Suriname/Neth WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo
1910 John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44
1909 Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80
1908 Dirk Fock becomes governor of Suriname
1908 Arnoud Breeveld, Suriname bishop
1907 Jan Klaasesz, Dutch governor Suriname, 1949-56
1907 Sophie Redmond, Suriname's 1st female physician
1905 Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname
1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used
1903 Albert Helman, [Lou Lichtveld], Suriname politician/novelist
1903 Lodewijk AM "Lou" Lichtveld, [Albert Helman], Suriname author
1902 Titus AJ van Asch van Wijck, Governor of Suriname (1891-97), dies at 53
1900 Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname, PVDA, 1955-62
1899 Pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname relig leader/co-found, VHP
1899 Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, Governor of Suriname, dies at 67
1892 Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69
1891 Titus van Wyck succeeds M de Savornin Lohman as Governor of Suriname
1891 Riot against tax increase in Paramaribo Suriname
1890 1st 44 Javans arrive in Suriname, to work 5 year on sugar plantations
1889 Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies
1885 John Matzeliger of Suriname patents shoe lacing machine
1884 Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed
1884 Abraham Rutgers, Dutch governor, Suriname, 1928-33
1878 John C Kielstra, Dutch economist/governor of Suriname, 1933-44
1876 Suriname begins compulsory education for 7-12 years
1873 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname
1870 Netherlands and Engl sign "Koelietraktaat" Br-Indian contract work in Suriname
1865 Johannes IJWJ Eilerts de Haan, Dutch sea officer, Lucie R, Suriname
1865 Pope Pius IX visits Suriname
1865 NV Suriname Bank established
1863 Slavery abolished in Suriname and Netherlands Antilles
1863 Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves
1862 Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname
1854 Cornelis W. Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname, 1902-05
1849 Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname, 1891-97
1848 Otto Tank ends slavery in Suriname colony
1843 1st Chinese immigrant arrives in Suriname
1839 Nicolaas G Pierson, Dutch banker/Suriname premier, 1897-1901
1838 Abraham de Veer, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
1832 Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname
1832 Esquire Maurits A de Savornin Lohman, Dutch governor of Suriname
1821 Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die
1816 Dutch regain Suriname
1813 Charles Pierre Schimpf, governor of Suriname, 1855-59
1812 Jurriaan F de Frederici, Dutch governor-gen (Suriname), dies at 60
1809 Peter "Peerke" Donders, Dutch RC missionary to Suriname
1804 Suriname sold to English (until Feb, 1816)
1804 31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony
1802 English sell Suriname to Dutch
1799 English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname
1789 Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname
1782 Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies
1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
1774 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing
1771 West Indian Company and Amsterdam divide up Suriname
1771 Jacob Andries van Braam, colonial director, Suriname
1770 Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname
1768 Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-gen of Suriname (1742-51), dies at 75
1767 Abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, 1822-28
1760 Suriname Colonial Regime signs treaty with Aukaners (ex-slaves)
1751 Jurrian F de Frederici, governor-General, Suriname
1740 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71
1719 John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname, 1768-79
1712 French hijacker Jacques Cassard seen on Suriname coast
1692 Jan J Mauricius, Dutch governor-general of Suriname, 1742-51
1688 Cornelis van Aerssen, governor of Suriname (1683-88), murdered at 50
1683 West Indian Company sells 1/3 of Suriname
1669 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral, Suriname/Algeria
1669 Abraham Crijnssen, Swiss admiral, conquered Suriname, dies
1667 English fleet plunders Suriname plantations
1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquerors Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
1667 Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River
1666 Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname
1637 Philip J van Lichtenbergh, Governor of Suriname, baptized
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