| Date | Jamaica | Germany | USA |
| Pre 1494 | Arawaks/Tainos occupied Jamaica (then call Xaymaca) | Apart of the Holy Roman Empire and recovering from the Black Death | Occupied by various indigenous populations |
| 1494 to 1655 | Jamaica Occupied by The Spanish and there Slaves | There was the Reformation and the Thirty Years’ War | Christopher Columbus arrives in America. The English settle in Jamestown. The Dutch establish New Netherlands (now New York) |
| 1655 to 1865 | – Sugar Industry grew between 1673 and 1739 – Easter Rebellion 1760 – Christmas Rebellion 1831 – Maroon Signs treaty with British in 1740 – 1808 Abolition Bill – Emancipation and apprenticeship 1834 – Full Freedom 1838 – Morant Bay Rebellion 1865 | – Holy Roman Empire 1655 to 1806 -Napoleonic Era and the German Confederation 1806 to 1866 | – Colonial Era Pre 1776 – American Revolution 1775 to 1783 – Early Republic 1783 to 1861 – Civil War and Reconstruction 1861 to 1865 |
| 1865 to 1962 | -Roads, Bridges and railways constructed pre 1845 -Cable Communication with Europe established 1859 -Formation of Labor Unions 1938 -Formation of two political parties 1938 -Universal Adult Suffrage 1944 -Formation of the Federation of the West Indies 1958 – Jamaica votes against Federation of the West Indies 1961 – Jamaica Independence 1962 | – Unification of Germany 1866 to 1871 -The German Empire 1871 to 1914 – World War l 1914 to 1918 – The Weimar Republic 1919 to 1933 – Nazi Germany and World War ll 1933 to 1945 -Division and Reunification 1945 to 1962 | – Reconstruction 1865 to 1877 -The Gilded age 1877 to 1900 -The Progressive Era 1890 to 1920 -World War l and the Roaring Tewnties -The Great Depression 1929 to 1940 -World War ll 1941 to 1945 – Post-War Era which includes the Cold War, Civil Rights Movement and the Korean War 1945 to 1962 |
| 1962 to 1992 | National Identity, Economic Shifts, Cultural Growth | -West Germany 1962 to 1990 -East Germany 1962 to 1990 -Germany Reunification 1990 | – Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 – Vietnam War 1960 to 1970 -Civil Rights Act 1964 -Voting Rights Act 1965 -Energy Crises 1970 to 1980 – End of Cold War 1980 to 1991 |
| 1992 to 2025 | – Financial Sector Adjustment Company 1996 – Vision 2030 launched in 2007 -Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 – Financial Crisis 2008 -Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms 2011 – Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme 2010 – Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme 2012 – Covid-19 2020 – Shared Prosperity Through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network 2024 | – Financial Crisis 2008 – Covid-19 2020 – War in Ukraine 2022 | – Co-Founding Eurozone 1992 – Financial Crisis 2008 – Covid-19 2020 – War in Ukraine 2022 |
