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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Basic timeline of Kiribati

This post is a basic timeline of Kiribati. There are 7 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Austronesian culture arrives (Pre-European era)
• Pedro Fernandes de Queiros and Portugal arrive (1606)
• British Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1892-1976)
• Japan occupies Gilbert Islands (1941-1943)
• Battle of Tarawa (1943)
• British Gilbert Islands (1976-1979)
• Kiribati gains independence (1979)

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