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Sunday, August 1, 2021

Basic timeline of Fiji

This post is a basic timeline of Fiji. There are 11 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Austronesian culture arrives (1100 - 1000 BC)
• Lapita culture (1500 - 1000 BC)
• Abel Tasman and Netherlands arrive (1643)
• James Cook and Britain arrive (1774)
• Kingdom of Fiji (1871-1874)
• British Colony of Fiji (1874-1970)
• Fiji gains independence (1970)
• British Dominion of Fiji (1970-1987)
• Coup d'état (1987)
• Coup d'état (2000)
• Coup d'état (2006)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Fiji at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Fiji.)