State · 1655 – 1962
Colony of Jamaica
A state of 1655 – 1962 — 307 years in the Americas and Oceania. It replaced Spanish Jamaica. It was replaced by Jamaica and West Indies Federation. The atlas records 11 things within it — wars and battles 9 · people 2. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 307 years
- 1655 – 1962
- Rulers
- 2
- the Head of State
- Within it
- 11
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 4
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Spanish Jamaica · replaces
After it
- West Indies Federation · replaced by
- Jamaica · replaced by · 1962 – present
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Cromwell | 1655 – 1658 | 3 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Elizabeth II | 1952 – 1962 | 10 years | ending not on record |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1655 – 1962. Median reign 6.5 years. 1 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, from 1661Banner of arms of Jamaica · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Own work based on: Flag of England.svg : and Jamaica Coat of Arms.svg : .svg/120px-Flag_of_Jamaica_(1906%E2%80%931957).svg.png)
flag, 1906 – 1957Flag of Jamaica (1906–1957) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Jamaica_(1957%E2%80%931962).svg.png)
flag, 1957 – 1962Flag of Jamaica (1957–1962) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Jamaica_(1962).svg.png)
flag, 1962 – 1962Flag of Jamaica (1962) · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1600 – 16992 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Nanny of the Maroons · commander · 1686 – 1760
- Battle of Rio Nuevo · battle · 1658
1700 – 17996 rows · 6 wars and battles
- Battle of Cartagena de Indias · battle · 1741
- Wager's Action · battle · 1708
- Raid on Nassau · battle · 1703
- Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets · battle · 1792
- Battle of Cap-Français · battle · 1793
- Capture of the galleon San Joaquin · battle · 1711
1800 – 18993 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Marcus Garvey · religious leader · 1887 – 1940
- Ten Years' War · war · 1868 – 1878
- Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot · battle · 1802
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood307 years
stood longer than 74% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per century0.3
had more wars on record per century than 90% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median10 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 35% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1624 – 1993, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1809, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q2526023 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.