Polity Trinidad and Tobago (Great Britain)

This article is about the specific polity Trinidad and Tobago (Great Britain) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here: All Statistics

Was a British Colony that was created in 1888 by merging the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago.

Establishment

  • January 1889: Tobago and Trinidad are merged into one colony.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • August 1962: Independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom.

Disestablishment

  • August 1962: Independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom.