1863    Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.

1975    Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.

1975    Suriname joins the United Nations.

1980    The Suriname government is overthrown by a military coup which is initiated with the bombing of the police station from an army ship off the coast of the nation's capital, Paramaribo

1982    In Suriname, several opponents of the military government are killed.