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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Basic timeline of Micronesia

This post is a basic timeline of Micronesia. There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Austronesian culture arrives (4,000 years ago)
• Yapese Empire (1000 BC)
• Saudeleur dynasty (1100-1628)
• Portuguese and Spanish navigators arrive (16th century)
• Germany annexes Micronesia (1899)
• Sokehs rebellion (1910-1911)
• Japan occupies Micronesia (1914)
• Operation Hailstone (1944)
• United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947-1994)
• Micronesia gains independence (1979)

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