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Sunday, August 1, 2021

Basic timeline of the Solomon Islands

This post is a basic timeline of the Solomon Islands. There are 8 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (30,000 years ago)
• Alvaro de Mendana de Neira and Spain arrive (1568)
• German North Solomon Islands (1885-1900)
• British Solomon Islands (1893-1978)
• Japan occupies Solomon Islands (1942)
• Solomon Islands gains independence (1978)
• Solomon Islands riots (2006)
• Cyclone Ita (2007)

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