A chronology of key events:
| 200-400 | Arrival of Arawak Indians. |
| 800-1000 | Arrival of Carib Indians. |
| 1498 | Christopher Columbus first sighted the island. |
| 1609 | First settlement (English) attempted. Rejected by the Carib Indians. |
| 1626-1627 | Both France and England claimed title. |
| 1638 | First French settlement attempted fought off by the Caribs. |
| 1650 | Island bought by Frenchman (Jacques Dyel Du Parquet) and settlement established. |
| 1651 | War between French and Caribs. Caribs defeated by French ending in Caribs Leap at Sauteurs. |
| 1664 | French West India Company took over the island. |
| 1674 | French colony established. |
| 1700 | First census: 257 whites, 525 slaves and 53 coloured. |
| 1705-1710 | Fort Royal (now Fort George) constructed. |
| 1714 | Coffee and cocoa introduced. |
| 1738 | First hospital constructed. |
| 1763 | Island ceded to Britain by the Treaty of Paris. |
| 1764 | Arrival of first British Governor to Grenada - General Robert Melville. |
| 1779 | Island re-captured by the French who started the construction of Forts Lucas, Adolphus, Matthew, & Frederick. |
| 1783 | Island restored to British rule by the Treaty of Versailles; African slaves brought in to work on plantations. |
| 1784 | First newspaper “Grenada Chronicle” published. |
| 1791 | The forts at Richmond Hill completed. Market squares established in St. George’s, Gouyave, Victoria, Sauteurs, Grenville and in Hillsborough, Carriacou. |
| 1795 | Rebellion against the British, led by Julien Fedon. |
| 1818 | Catholic Cathedral built. |
| 1820 | Methodist Church in St. George’s built. |
| 1826 | Renovation of Anglican Church, rebuilt in Georgian manner. |
| 1833 | Grenada became part of the British Windward Islands Administration. |
| 1834 | Abolition of slavery. |
| 1838 | Slaves freed. |
| 1839 | Immigration of labourers from Malta. |
| 1843 | Nutmegs introduced, sugar declined. |
| 1846 | Introduction of Portuguese from Madeira. |
| 1857 | First East Indian Immigrants. |
| 1871 | Telegraph connected. |
| 1872 | First secondary school built - St. Joseph’s Convent. |
| 1877 | Grenada proclaimed a British colony. |
| 1880 | The military hospital at Richmond Hill converted to a prison. |
| 1885 | Grenada Boys Secondary School established on February 2nd. |
| 1889 | First blast for evacuation of Sendall Tunnel. |
| 1894 | Sendall Tunnel completed. |
| 1903 | A land settlement scheme started in Carriacou. |
| 1925 | Whaling station built on Glovers Island. |
| 1928 | Electricity installed in St. George’s. |
| 1943 | Pearl’s airport opened. |
| 1944 | Island Queen “Schooner” disappeared on August 5th, 56 passengers and 11 crew lost. |
| 1950 | Grenada United Labour Party founded by Eric Gairy. |
| 1951 | General strike led by Eric M. Gairy. |
| 1955 | Hurricane Janet struck Grenada. |
| 1958 | West Indies Federation set up. |
| 1961 | Cruise liner “Bianca C” sank off Point Salines. |
| 1962 | Dissolution of the West Indies Federation. |
| 1967 | Grenada granted Associated Statehood with Britain. |
| 1974 | Independence from Britain, February 7th with Eric Gairy as prime minister. |
| 1979 | The Grenada Revolution and the assumption of power by the People’s Revolutionary Government (PRG), March 13th. |
| 1983 | Prime Minister Maurice Bishop assassinated in a Leftist coup, October 19th. Military invasion by American and Caribbean forces, October 25th. Interim administration installed November 25th. |
| 1984 | Point Salines International Airport opened, October 26th. |
| 1986 | First visit by a United States President Ronald Regan, February 26th General Election held - December 3rd. |
| 1988 | Grenada National College established July (renamed T.A. Marryshow Community College). |
| 1989 | Death of Prime Minister (Herbert A. Blaize) in Office December 29th. |
| 1990 | General Election March 13th. Great St. George’s fire on April 27th. |
| 1991 | Terrible incident large rock fell on bus killing all eleven passengers. |
| 1992 | First Grenadian (Junior Murray) selected for the West Indies Cricket Team. |
| 1994 | Prime Minister Nicholas Brathwaite resigns as leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). |
| 1995 | General Elections June 20th, N.N.P. elected to office. |
| 1998 | Aug 2, Fidel Castro visited Grenada following an invitation from Prime Minister Keith Mitchell |
| 1999 | January 18th General Elections, N.N.P. won all 15 seats contested. April 14th National Stadium commissioned, first international cricket match held West Indies vs. Australia. |
| 2003 | Prime Minister Keith Mitchell narrowly wins third term in office. |
| 2004 | Hurricane Ivan hit Grenada 39 killed and 90% of the island devastated. |
| 2005 | Grenada re-established ties with China. |
| Island hit by Hurricane Emily. Storm killed one person, destroyed crops and damaged homes. | |
| 2007 | UK based Privy Court rules that 14 prisoners sentenced to death over the 1983 coup should be re-sentenced. |
| 2008 | Former prime minister, Eric Gairy named country’s first National Hero. |
| 2008 | July 8th General Elections, N.D.C. win 11 seats Tillman Thomas takes over as Prime Minister. |
| 2009 | September - The last seven of the 17 men convicted over the 1983 coup and murder of PM Maurice Bishop are released from prison after serving out their sentences. |
