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 ==Timeline==
-- They were declared a part of a British protectorate with the nearby Ellice Islands<br>
+'''1300''': Samoans, Fijians and Tongans merged with the older population.
-- Kiribati officials asked Australia and New Zealand to accept Kiribati citizens as permanent refugees<br>
-, the Kiribati President Anote Tong said that the country has reached "the point of no return." He added, "To plan for the day when you no longer have a country is indeed painful but I think we have to do that<br>
+'''1777''': Discovered by British Captain Cook.
-- The government of Kiribati purchased the 2,200-hectare Natoavatu Estate on the second largest island of Fijiand and it was widely reported that the government planned to evacuate the entire population of Kiribati to Fiji<br>
--  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>
+'''1800s''': Whalers arrived in northern islands
+'''1837''': British settlers arrived
+'''1850s''': Protestant missionaries arrived
+'''1857''': Hiram Bingam, a Protestant minister on '''Abiang''', devised a written form of the language
+'''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.
+'''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.
+'''1892''': The '''Gilbert and Ellice Islands''' became a British protectorate. Headquarters were in Tarawa.
+'''1880s''': The '''Phoenix Islands''' were annexed by Britain
+'''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.
+'''1915''': The '''Gilbert and Ellice Islands''' became a British Crown Colony.
+'''1919''': '''Kiritimati (Christmas) Atoll''' became a part of the colony.
+'''1935''': The USA took over '''Howland''' and '''Baker''' islands
+: The '''Phoenix Islands''' became a part of the British colony.
+'''1938''': The United States claimed sovereignty over '''Kanton''' and '''Enderbury'''
+'''1939''': The USA and Britain agreed to exercise joint control over the two islands for 50 years.
+'''1941''': '''Tarawa''' and others were occupied by Japan. All but one man in '''Banaba''' were massacred.
+'''1943''': U.S. forces reclaimed the islands. Inhabitants of '''Banaba''' were moved to Rabi Island, Fiji because of land loss.
+'''1975''': The '''Ellice Islands''' separated and became '''Tuvalu'''.
+'''1979''': '''Kiribati''' became an independent Republic that remains part of the British Commonwealth.
+'''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>
 ==Links==
 *[http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_history/egan22.html Kiribati History]
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