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This is a timeline of Tongan history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Tonga and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Tonga. See also the list of monarchs of Tonga and list of prime ministers of Tonga
Civil war(15th century–1470) Tonga: Result of Civil conflict / status quo ante bellum. The Tongans were driven out of Wallis and Futuna. Tuʻi Tonga Kauʻulufonua I ceded temporal authority to his brother Moʻungāmotuʻa, replacing the Tuʻi Tonga dynasty with the Tu'i Ha'atakalaua dynasty. Unknown Civil war(17th century) Tonga
In the 15th century and again in the 17th, civil war erupted. It was in this context that the first Europeans arrived, beginning with Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire. Between April 21 to 23, 1616 they moored at the Northern Tongan islands "Cocos Island" and "Traitors Island" (Niuatoputapu), respectively. The kings of both of ...
This page lists the individual Tonga year pages. It only references years after 1970, when the country gained independence from the United Kingdom . Twenty-first century
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The Royal Marines supported the 1st Marine Division's security and stabilisation mission at Camp Blue Diamond. Tonga first served with the 1st MEF on the Solomon Island during World War II. The Royal Tongan Marines returned from Iraq in December 2004. In December 2008, the Tonga Defence Services ended their mission in the Iraq War and returned ...
Civil wars are known to have occurred in Tonga in the 15th and 17th centuries. William Mariner was a teenaged English sailor adopted into a royal Tongan family. The Tongan people first encountered Europeans in 1616, when the Dutch vessel Eendracht , captained by Willem Schouten , made a short visit to the islands for the purpose of engaging in ...
Historical events in Tonga (8 C) S. Historic sites in Tonga (2 P) Pages in category "History of Tonga" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.