Guadeloupe has been discovered discovery by Christopher Columbus at the time of his second journey in 1635. She is occupied by the French Jean Duplessis and Charles de l'Olive. 

Inhabitants of the island, the Arawakses leave the island to escape colonists. 

Islands of America become the Company of the western Indies in 1666. 
The cane to sugar is introduced in 1644. She is cultivated by the African slaves. 
300 000 have been imported of 1660 to 1860. 

She undergoes the English work of 1759 to 1763, then Pointe-à-Pitre et Basse-Terre in 1794. 
Creation of a colonial Council takes place in 1833. Earthquake of 1843 to Pointe-à-Pitre.

Schoelcher abolished the slavery in 1848. 

One attends the downfall of the sugar production until 1860. 
  
Some manifestation autonomist takes place in 1946. 

In August 1976 by fear of an eruption of the Soufrière, 72 000 people have of the to be evacuated 
temporarily 
In 1979 the Frédéric cyclones and David ravaged the island. In 1980 it is the Allen cyclone. 

Apparition of the GLA (Group of armed liberation) and attempts, then of the bow or Caribbean revolutionary Alliance. 
In 1985 Luc Reinette, indépendant men, has been condemned for attempts to 19 years of jail. 
The three indépendants in flight, Henri Amédien, Henri Bernard and Reinette constitute 
a " national Council of resistance guadeloupéenne " against the " white " peril. 

In 1989 Reinette has been condemned to 33 years of jail, then amnestied. 
The Hugo cyclone caused for 1,7 billion of damage francs. 

She became French department of overseas in 1946. 
In the setting of the Law on decentralization, in 1983, a Regional Council has been created. 

In 1992 a law on the concession of sea abolished protectionism. 
1993 see the suppression of the custom with Martinique.