Historical place archive

Nassau in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Nassau in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

9 records8 event labels5 people1962–2020

Historical events in Nassau

1962

18 December 1962
Nassau Conference
Maurice Harold Macmillan · Conservative Party Government

Macmillan meets Kennedy at Nassau to negotiate continued British access to a strategic nuclear delivery system

19 December 1962
Nassau Conference
Peter Alexander Rupert Thorneycroft · Conservative Party Government

Thorneycroft supports the British negotiating position for a nuclear missile replacement after Skybolt

21 December 1962
Nassau Agreement
Maurice Harold Macmillan · Conservative Party Government

Macmillan secures agreement for Britain to acquire Polaris missiles for its strategic deterrent

21 December 1962
NATO Nuclear Policy
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home · Conservative Party Government

Douglas-Home supports the formula assigning British Polaris forces to NATO with a national reservation

21 December 1962
Purchase of Polaris
Maurice Harold Macmillan · Nuclear

Britain agrees to purchase Polaris missiles while building its own submarines and nuclear warheads

1985

16 October 1985
Commonwealth
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Conservative Party Government

Opposes sanctions on South Africa at the Nassau Commonwealth Conference. 16-23 October, attends the Commonwealth Prime Minister's conference

16 October 1985
Conference of Commonwealth
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Conservative Party Government

Opposes sanctions on South Africa at the Nassau Commonwealth Conference. 16-23 October, attends the Commonwealth Prime Minister's conference

16 October 1985
Nassau Commonwealth Conference
Margaret Hilda Thatcher · Conservative Party Government

Opposes sanctions on South Africa at the Nassau Commonwealth Conference

2020

31 October 2020
Death of Sean Connery
Sean Connery · Cinema

Death of actor Sean Connery.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Nassau. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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