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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
1892 | '''1300''': Samoans, Fijians and Tongans merged with the older population. | ||
2008 - Kiribati officials asked Australia and New Zealand to accept Kiribati citizens as permanent refugees<br> | |||
'''1777''': Discovered by British Captain Cook. | |||
2012 - The government of Kiribati purchased the 2,200-hectare Natoavatu Estate on the second largest island of | |||
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> | '''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 | |||
1937: 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== | ==Links== | ||
*[http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_history/egan22.html Kiribati History] | *[http://www.janeresture.com/kiribati_history/egan22.html Kiribati History] | ||
[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||