| 1887, 17 Aug |
Birth of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, St. Ann's
Bay, Jamaica |
| 1901 |
Leaves Church of England school in sixth
standard, apprenticed to printer Alfred E. Burrowes, his godfather |
| 1905 |
Arrives in Kingston from Port MAria:
employed with P.A. Benjamin Manufacturing Co., eventually appointed foreman of the
printing department. |
| 1907, Nov. |
Elected vice-president of the kingston
Typographical Union (compositors branch) |
| 1908, Dec. |
Joins strike of the printers: strike
collapses after one month and union leader absconds |
| 1910, 20 Apr |
Elected Assistant Secretary of the National
Club founded by the popluar S. A. G. Cox |
| 1910, 24 Aug |
Represents St. Ann's Parish in Island
Elocution Contest |
| 1911 |
Resides in Port Limón, Costa Rica: works
for The Nation La Nacionale |
| 1911 Apr-May |
Takes up residence in London, England;
attends clases at Birkbeck College; travels in Europe and the British Isles |
| 1914, 1 Aug |
After returning to Jamaica, launches The
Universal Negro Improvement and Conservation Association and African Communities League in
Kingston |
| 1915, 24 Aug |
Announces plan for establishing an
Industrial Farm and Institute in Jamaica |
| 1916, 23 Mar |
Arrives in United States to secure support
for the proposed institute in Jamaica |
| 1916, 9 May |
Holds first public lecture in New York City
at St. Mark's Church Hall; leaves afterward on a year long speaking tour of thirty-eight
states |
| 1917, June |
Returns to New York and organizes first
American branch of the UNIA |
| 1918, June |
Incorporates UNIA |
| 1918, July |
Incorporates ACL and publishes official
Constitution and Book of Laws for the government of the UNIA and ACL |
| 1918, 17 Aug |
Publishes first issue of The Negro World
to become the worldwide official organ of the UNIA |
| 1918, 11 Nov |
Cables nine-point Peace Aims of the UNIA to
Allied governments for consideration in settling the question of Africa at the Peace
Conference in Paris |
| 1919, 27 June |
Incorporates the Black Star Line, Inc. under
the laws of the State of Delaware |
| 1919, 27 July |
Establishes Liberty Hall, official meeting
place and cradle of the UNIA, at 120 W. 138th St. in New York |
| 1919, 5 Aug |
Arrested on charges of publishing a criminal
libel against New York Assistant District Attorney Edwin P. Kilroe |
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