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For several millennia, the islands were inhabited by Austronesian peoples who had arrived from the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu.The I-Kiribati or Gilbertese people settled what would become known as the Gilbert Islands (named for British captain Thomas Gilbert by von Krusenstern in 1820) some time in between 3000 BC [1] [2] and 1300 AD. [3]
The name Kiribati was adopted upon the country's independence in 1979. ... (discovered in 1900). ... and overfishing have created food and water shortages. This has ...
In the history of Kiribati, the islands which now form the Republic of Kiribati have been inhabited for at least seven hundred years, and possibly much longer. The initial Micronesian population, which remains the overwhelming majority today, was visited by Polynesian and Melanesian invaders before the first European sailors "discovered" the ...
Defunct organisations based in Kiribati (2 C) E. Historical events in Kiribati (7 C) F. Former populated places in Kiribati (1 C, 6 P) G. Gilbert and Ellice Islands ...
The Gilbert Islands (Gilbertese: Tungaru; [2] formerly Kingsmill or King's-Mill Islands [3]) are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Papua New Guinea and Hawaii.
Kiribati: 12 July 1979: Independence from United Kingdom 1 October 1975: Separation of the Gilbert Islands (later Kiribati) and the Ellice Islands (later Tuvalu) Marshall Islands: 1 May 1979: Constitution and local government established 21 October 1986: Compact of Free Association with the United States Federated States of Micronesia: 10 May 1979
The Kiribati government had invited Peters to meet with Vice-President Teuea Toatu but Peters had insisted on meeting President Maamu, who also served as Kiribati's foreign minister. Kwansing and Tekiteki also rejected New Zealand media speculation that Kiribati's growing diplomatic ties with China had led it to snub New Zealand.
This page lists the individual Kiribati year pages. It only references years after 1979, when the country gained independence. Twenty-first century. 2020s