Significant Events 1609-1834
1609- The Sea Venture shipwrecked and Bermuda became a colony of the Virginia Company.
1620- Bermuda's first Parliament convenes at St. Peter's Church.
1684- The Somers Isle Company is dissolved and Britain assumes control of Bermuda's affairs.
1784- Bermuda's first newspaper the Bermuda Gazette is published.
1815- The capital of Bermuda moved from St. George's to Hamilton.
1834- Slavery is abolished in Britain and all of its colonies.