1862, the Settlement of Belize in the Bay of Honduras was declared a British colony called British Honduras, and the Crown's representative was elevated...
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Belize dollar (redirect from British Honduras dollar)
the value of the British Honduran dollar relative to the pound. Protests ensued which led to a devaluation of the British Honduran dollar to a value...
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Flag of Belize (redirect from Flag of British Honduras)
the top and bottom. British Honduras obtained a coat of arms on 28 January 1907, which formed the basis of the badge used on British ensigns. The coat of...
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In 1912, the British government divided their territories into different colonies: The Bahamas, Barbados, British Guiana, British Honduras, Jamaica (with...
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Afro-Hondurans or Black Hondurans are Hondurans of Sub-Saharan African descent. Research by Henry Louis Gates and other sources regards their population...
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Confederate Settlements in British Honduras are a cultural and ethnic sub-group in Belize, formerly known as the colony of British Honduras. They are the descendants...
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Honduras was inhabited by many indigenous peoples when the Spanish arrived in the 16th century. The western-central part of Honduras was inhabited by the...
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The 1931 British Honduras hurricane was the deadliest hurricane in the history of British Honduras (known as Belize since 1973), killing an estimated...
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Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador...
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Belize City (redirect from Belize City, British Honduras)
the largest city in Belize. It was once the capital of the former British Honduras. According to the 2022 census, Belize City has a population of 63,999...
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ministers, from the establishment of the position of First Minister of British Honduras in 1961 to the present day. The office of prime minister is established...
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General Workers' Union (Belize) (redirect from British Honduras Trade Union)
The union was founded in 1939 by Antonio Soberanis Gómez, as the British Honduras Workers and Tradesmen's Union. In 1934, he had formed the Unemployed...
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the Falkland Islands and British Honduras. Britain also gained control of several colonies, including Trinidad and British Guiana, following the 1815...
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Belize (category Former British colonies)
slaves came to British Honduras (modern day Belize) from Jamaica, as Jamaica was the closest British colony administering British Honduras at the time and...
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availability of logwood, which also brought British settlers. Belize was not formally termed the "Colony of British Honduras" until 1862. It became a crown colony...
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formally adopting the Statute of Westminster. British ensign British Empire British Blue Ensign British Red Ensign Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of...
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became Canada, the British West Indies in reference to its various West Indies island territories in the Caribbean Sea, also British Honduras (now Belize) in...
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This is a list of viceroys in British Honduras and Belize from the start of British settlement in the area until the colony's independence in 1981. Until...
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Hondurans (Spanish: Hondureños; also called catrachos) are the citizens of Honduras. Most Hondurans live in Honduras, although there is also a significant...
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Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras (now Belize). The country is bordered to the west...
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independence of the British colony, then known as British Honduras. George Price was born in Belize City in what was then British Honduras, to William and...
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Hurricane Hattie (category Hurricanes in Honduras)
(290 mm) on Grand Cayman. The country of Belize, at the time known as British Honduras, sustained the worst damage from the hurricane. The former capital...
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Honduras, Cidra, Puerto Rico British Honduras, the previous name of Belize Honduras de la Sierra, Chiapas, Mexico Honduras (actor), Taiwanese actor, television...
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Belize Defence Force (redirect from British Honduras Defense Force)
(1897-1905) British Honduras Volunteers (1905-1916) British Honduras Territorial Force (1916-1928) British Honduras Defence Force (1928-1944) British Honduras Home...
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independence of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Africa in 1980 and British Honduras (now Belize) in Central America in 1981, the last major colony that...
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1891 of British Guiana contained a definition of "British Islands". Section 2 of the Interpretation Ordinance (c 2) (1953) of British Honduras contained...
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Belizean–Guatemalan territorial dispute (category Use British English from June 2022)
(formerly known as British Honduras) and Guatemala, neighbours in Central America. During the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s, Britain and Spain signed...
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The Gulf or Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. From north to south, it runs...
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about 1862. In August 1860, Burr received a letter from James Grant of British Honduras (known today as Belize), offering land for sale in the Stann Creek...
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into a schooner in order to aid the British screw sloop HMS Icarus, which had been stationed in British Honduras, in combating an invasion by the filibuster...
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