Timeline: 2000 - Present
2000 January - Jamaica is elected to serve on the United Nations Security Council for the second time.
2002 February 18-20, - Jamaica is one of three Commonwealth countries visited by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in celebration of her Golden Jubilee.
2002 March 18, - Jamaica serves as the third leg of Jubilee Baton Relay for the July 25- August 4 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
2002 August 6, - Jamaica celebrates 40 years of Independence.
2002 October - Prime Minister PJ Patterson's People's National Party wins general elections, ushering in fourth successive term in office for party and third term for incumbent premier.
2004 March - Ousted former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide takes up temporary asylum, prompting an angry response from the new Haitian government.
2004 September - Hurricane Ivan - described as the biggest in living memory - pounds the island, destroying thousands of homes.
2005 September - Prime Minister PJ Patterson says he will step down by April 2006.
2006 February - Local government minister Portia Simpson Miller is elected as head of the ruling People's National Party. She succeeds PJ Patterson to become Jamaica's first female PM in March.
2007 September - Jamaica Labour Party wins general elections, Bruce Golding becomes PM.
2008 - Jamaica has its best ever Olympic performance at the Summer Games in Beijing, winning 6 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals. 21-year-old Usain Bolt emerges as the star of the games, winning gold in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay, breaking the world record each time.
2010 May-June - Dozens killed in security operations to arrest alleged drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke. He is extradited to the US.