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| ==History==
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| Kiribati is a sovereign state in Micronesia in the central Pacific Ocean.
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| Kiribati became independent from the United Kingdom in 1979. The capital, South Tarawa, which is now the most populated area, consists of a number of islets, connected by a series of causeways. These comprise about half the area of Tarawa Atoll.
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| In June 2008, Kiribati officials asked Australia and New Zealand to accept Kiribati citizens as permanent refugees. Kiribati is expected to be the first country to lose all its land territory to global warming.
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| [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiribati]
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| '''1300''': Samoans, Fijians and Tongans merged with the older population.
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| '''1777''': Discovered by British Captain Cook.
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| '''1800s''': Whalers arrived in northern islands
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| '''1837''': British settlers arrived
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| '''1850s''': Protestant missionaries arrived
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| '''1857''': Hiram Bingam, a Protestant minister on '''Abiang''', devised a written form of the language
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| '''1886''': British, German, and Americans traded with the islands. Some islanders were kidnapped and taken to Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Hawaii, and Central America as slaves.
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| '''1888''': The islands were annexed by Great Britain with a view to laying the Pacific cable with '''Tabuaeran''' (then Fanning Island) as a relay station. That cable functioned between 1902 and 1963 except for a short period in 1914 when German naval forces landed at Fanning to cut the cable.
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| '''1892''': The '''Gilbert and Ellice Islands''' became a British protectorate. Headquarters were in Tarawa.
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| '''1880s''': The '''Phoenix Islands''' were annexed by Britain
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| '''1900''': '''Banaba''' was annexed by Britain, and mining of phosphates began until the total island’s soil was removed. The total population of the islands dwindled to about 300.
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| '''1915''': The '''Gilbert and Ellice Islands''' became a British Crown Colony.
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| '''1919''': '''Kiritimati (Christmas) Atoll''' became a part of the colony.
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| '''1935''': The USA took over '''Howland''' and '''Baker''' islands
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| 1937: The '''Phoenix Islands''' became a part of the British colony.
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| '''1938''': The United States claimed sovereignty over '''Kanton''' and '''Enderbury'''
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| '''1939''': The USA and Britain agreed to exercise joint control over the two islands for 50 years.
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| '''1941''': '''Tarawa''' and others were occupied by Japan. All but one man in '''Banaba''' were massacred.
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| '''1943''': U.S. forces reclaimed the islands. Inhabitants of '''Banaba''' were moved to Rabi Island, Fiji because of land loss.
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| '''1975''': The '''Ellice Islands''' separated and became '''Tuvalu'''.
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| '''1979''': '''Kiribati''' became an independent Republic that remains part of the British Commonwealth.
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| '''2008''' - Kiribati officials asked Australia and New Zealand to accept Kiribati citizens as permanent refugees<br>'''2012''' - The government of Kiribati purchased the 2,200-hectare Natoavatu Estate on the second largest island of Fiji and and it was widely reported that the government planned to evacuate the entire population of Kiribati to Fiji<br>'''2013''' - President Tong began urging citizens to evacuate the islands and migrate elsewhere<br>'''2014''' - The Office of the President confirmed the purchase of some 5,460 acres of land on Vanua Levu at a cost of 9.3 million Australian dollars<br>
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| ==Links==
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| *[http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_history/egan22.html Kiribati History] | | *[http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_history/egan22.html Kiribati History] |
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