1997 Event Pakistan defeat West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series 1996 Event Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi 1996 Event Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup 1995 Event Sri Lanka beat West Indies to win Sharjah Champions Trophy final 1995 Event Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy 1995 Event West Indies beat New Zealand by innings and 332, Courtney Walsh 13-55 1995 Event West Indies score 5-660 against New Zealand 1994 Event Kapil Dev's final one-day international (v West Indies) 1994 Death Ramdas Nayak, Indies hindu leader/politician, murdered at about 52 1993 Death JRD Tata, Indies industrialist (Air-India), dies at 89 1993 Event India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12 1993 Event Mustapha Matura's "Playboy of West Indies," premieres in New York City 1993 Death Balak Brahmachari, Marxist Godman, Indies guru, dies at 73 1993 Death Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19 1993 Event Pakistan all out 43 vs. West Indies, world one-day int record low 1993 Event West Indies defeat Australia by one run in 4th Test at Adelaide 1993 Event West Indies win the World Series Cup, beating Australia 2-0 1992 Event Shane Warne takes 7-52 to lead Australian MCG win vs. West Indies 1992 Event Nobel Prize for literature is given to West Indies poet Derek Walcott 1991 Event Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, vs. West Indies at Headingley 1989 Event Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup 1989 Event Allan Border takes 7-46 against the West Indies at the SCG 1989 Event Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs. West Indies, Sydney 1989 Event West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win the World Series Cup 1987 Event India all out for 75 vs. West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24 1987 Event West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka 1986 Event Pakistan all out for 77 vs. West Indies at Lahore 1986 Event West Indies all out for 53 vs. Pakistan (Abdul Qadir 6-16) 1986 Event West Indies complete 5-0 demolition of England 1985 Event West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup 1984 Event Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21 1984 Event West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England 1984 Death Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indies Sikh leader 1984 Event West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal 1983 Event India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1982 Event West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup 1980 Event New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin 1980 Event West Indies beat England 2-0 to win 1st World Series Cup 1979 Event West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1978 Death Alidius WL Tjarda van Stachouwer, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, dies at 90 1976 Event Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley vs. West Indies (0 and 17) 1976 Event India all out for 97 vs. West Indies 1976 Event Australia complete 5-1 series drubbing of West Indies 1976 Event Greg Chappell scores 182* at SCG against West Indies 1975 Event Gary Cosier scores 109 vs. West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut 1975 Event West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1973 Birthday Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler, ODI 1996 1973 Event Indies troops invade Sikkim 1971 Birthday Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, v West Indies 1993 1971 Birthday Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Event Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs. West Indies at Port-of-Spain 1970 Birthday Courtney Browne, cricketer, West Indies Test wicket-keeper 1995 1969 Event Sheahan and Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia vs. W Indies 1967 Birthday Masood Anwar, cricketer, one Test Pakistan vs. West Indies 1990 1967 Event Day's play in the Calcutta Test vs. West Indies cancelled by riots 1965 Event West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy 1965 Event Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against W Indies 1963 Death Bikram Singh, Indies Lieutenant-General (Kashmir), dies 1963 Death Daulet Singh, Indies Lieutenant-General, dies 1963 Death NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies 1962 Event Indies assault up Chinese positions in North-India attack 1962 Event Battles on Chinese and Indies boundary 1961 Death Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies 1961 Event Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies 1960 Event Australia vs. West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie 1959 Event West Indies all out 76 vs. Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34 1958 Event Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies vs. West Indies at Kanpur 1958 Event West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan 1958 Event West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket 1958 Event Hanif Mohammad completes 337 in 970 minutes vs. West Indies 1957 Birthday Peter Webb, New Zealand cricketer, batsman against West Indies 1980 1957 Birthday Clyde Butts, cricketer, West Indies off-spinner late eighties 1957 Event Tom Graveney scores 258 vs. West Indies at Trent Bridge 1957 Death Andries CD de Graeff, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 1955 Event Australia score 8-758 vs. West Indies at Kingston, their best ever 1955 Event Indies parliament accept hindu-divorce 1952 Event Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs. West Indies at the SCG 1952 Event Australia beat West Indies by one wicket at the MCG, last stand 38 1951 Event West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket 1951 Event Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide 1950 Event West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England 1950 Event Indies Constitution goes into effect 1950 Event KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites 1950 Event West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine 1949 Birthday Basil Williams, cricketer, century on debut for West Indies 1978 1949 Birthday Alvin Kallicharran, cricketer, wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81 1948 Event Communist Madiun-uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin) 1948 Event Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for West Indies in only Test Cricket innings 1948 Event W Indies vs. England, Test debut Walcott, Weekes and Jim Laker 1946 Birthday Felicity Kendal, Indies/British actress, Shakespeare Wallah 1945 Event Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands 1944 Birthday Keith Adrian, Johnson, Indies/Dutch actor, Intrepid Mr. Twist 1943 Birthday Maurice Foster, cricketer, West Indies batsman of 70's 1942 Event West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland 1942 Event Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Event Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies 1942 Event Japan invades North-Celebes, Netherlands Indies 1941 Death GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies 1941 Event Former Dutch Prime Minister Colijn says Netherlands Indies not ready for independence 1938 Death Muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65 1937 Birthday Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1937 Birthday Peter Lashley, cricketer, 4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66 1935 Birthday Rohan Kanhai, cricketer, one of West Indies' finest batsmen 1935 Death Alexander W. F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 1934 Event Fokker F18 Snip flies to Netherlands West Indies 1934 Birthday Des Hoare, cricketer, Australian quickie in Test in 1961 vs. W Indies 1934 Event Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia) 1932 Event British East Indies Viceroy Willingdon arrests Gandhi and Nehru 1931 Event West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG 1930 Event Start of the 1st Australia vs. West Indies Test (at Adelaide) 1930 Birthday Raj Bagri, Indies/British merchant in metal 1930 Event West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England 1929 Event 1st telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies 1926 Event Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's 1924 Event KLM Fokker's F7 H-NACC departs to Dutch East Indies 1924 Birthday Simpson Guillen, cricketer, wicket-keeper for West Indies and New Zealand 1924 Death Johannes B van Heutsz, Governor-General of Dutch Indies (1904-09), dies at 73 1923 Event 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies 1920 Event Dirk Fock appointed as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies 1919 Birthday Alan Lisette, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956 1917 Birthday Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer, Blue Peter, Purple Plain 1917 Event U.S. purchases Danish West Indies for $25M and renames them Virgin Islands 1916 Event Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million 1916 Event JP Van Limburg Stirum succeeds AWF Idenburg as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies 1915 Event 1st military flight in Netherlands East Indies (Tandjong Priok) 1915 Birthday Raymond Emery, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman vs West Indies 1952 1914 Birthday Winston Place, cricketer, England opener in West Indies 1948 1911 Birthday Jan Boon, Tjalie Robinson, Dutch East Indies publicist, Tong Tong 1908 Death Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 1904 Event JB van Heutsz becomes Governor-General of Netherland Indies 1904 Event Netherlands Indies colony begins opium production 1900 Death Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46 1900 Birthday John Longden, West Indies, actor, Man From Interpol 1900 Death George J D Campbell, British Minister of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 1892 Death Otto van Raised, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1884-88), dies at 69 1891 Event King Pakketvaart sails to Netherlands Indies 1888 Birthday Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, Governor of Netherlands Indies, 1936-45 1887 Birthday Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indies mathematician 1886 Death Swami Ramakrishna, Indies philosopher, dies at 50 1881 Death Pieter Mijer, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 1875 Birthday Bonifacius C de Jonge, governor, Dutch East Indies 1873 Death Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70 1873 Birthday Muhammad Iqbal, Dutch East Indies lawyer/poet/philosopher 1872 Birthday Andries C D de Graeff, governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1926-31 1861 Birthday Alexander W. F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1909-16 1860 Event Slavery ends of in Netherlands Indies 1859 Event Dutch colony in Dutch Indies counts 4,800 slaves 1858 Birthday Dirk Fock, governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1921-26 1857 Event Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) 1853 Birthday Jean B A Kessler, director of oil on Dutch Indies 1851 Birthday C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist, Netherlands Indies 1851 Birthday Johannes B van Heutsz, Lieutenant-General and / Dutch East Indies 1848 Event Slaves freed in Danish West Indies (now U.S. Virgin Islands) 1831 Death Paul R Cantzlaar, Governor of Saba/Curaeao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 1823 Birthday George JD Campbell, Scottish/British Minister to Indies, 1868-74/80-85 1812 Birthday Pieter Mijer, Dutch Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1866-72 1811 Event English expeditionary army conquerors Dutch Indies 1811 Death Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, Dutch director-general of East Indies Co, dies at 49 1810 Death Albertus H Wiese, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, dies at about 48 1810 Birthday Eliza Von Bretton di Zerega, Danish West Indies, baroness 1808 Event Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as Governor-General of Netherlands Indies 1806 Birthday Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1861-66 1803 Birthday Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, 1856-61 1800 Event Dutch East Indies Company dissolves 1797 Event Trinidad, West Indies surrenders to British 1795 Event Dutch Prince William V accepts British occupation of Dutch Indies 1781 Birthday Dominique J de Eerens, governor-general of Netherlands Indies 1781 Event Dutch West Indies island of St. Eustatia taken by British 1780 Birthday Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1826-30 1780 Birthday Johannes van den Bosch, Governor-General, Netherlands East Indies 1777 Death Jeremias van Riemsdok, Governor-General of Dutch Indies, dies at 64 1775 Death Peter A van de Parra, Governor-General of (Netherlands Indies), dies at 61 1771 Birthday Paul R Cantzlaar, government of Saba/St-Eustatius/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies 1762 Event British take Grenada, West Indies, from French 1762 Birthday Sebastiaan C. Nederburgh, director-general, East Indies Company 1761 Death Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56 1755 Birthday Alexander Hamilton, West Indies, 1st U.S. Secretary of Treasury, face is on the $10 bill 1752 Event East Indies invasion "Geldermalsen" leaves at Malakka: 92 killed 1740 Birthday Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Netherlands Indies, 1801-05 1735 Death Dirk T van Cloon, Dutch lawyer/Governor-General of E Indies, dies at about 46 1732 Event VOC fires Netherlands-Dutch east indies governor-general Diederik Dare 1729 Death Matthaeus de Cock, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1725-29), dies at about 65 1712 Birthday Jeremias van Riemsdijk, Governor-General of Dutch Indies, 1775-77 1704 Birthday Jacob Mossel, governor-general, Dutch East Indies 1655 Event Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam 1653 Birthday Joan van Hoorn, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies, 1707-09 1653 Death Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General of Netherlands East Indies, dies at 48 1653 Death Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at 48 1645 Death Anton van Diemen, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about 51 1635 Birthday Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general, Dutch East Indies 1629 Event Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies 1621 Event John Pieterszoon Coen's troops land on Lontor, East Indies 1619 Birthday Rijcklof Volckertsz van Goens, governor-general, Netherlands East Indies 1619 Event England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies 1615 Death Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st Governor-General (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns 1609 Event Pieter Both sworn in as 1st Governor-General of East Indies 1595 Death Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch E indies poet, dies at 48 1595 Death Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50 1547 Birthday Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet 1515 Death Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies 1502 Event Columbus begins 4th and last trip to "Indies" 1492 Event Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for "Indies" 1492 Event Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies
