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Nauruan warrior, 1880. Nauru was settled by Micronesians around 3,000 years ago, and there is evidence of possible Polynesian influence. [1] Nauruans subsisted on coconut and pandanus fruit, and engaged in aquaculture by catching juvenile ibija fish, acclimated them to freshwater conditions, and raised them in Buada Lagoon, providing an additional reliable source of food. [2]
This page lists the individual Nauru year pages. It only references years after 1968, when the country gained independence. ... when the country gained independence ...
With an area of only 21 square kilometres (8.1 sq mi), Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world, larger than only Vatican City and Monaco, making it the smallest republic and island nation, as well as the smallest member state of the Commonwealth of Nations by area.
Gained independence from Spain during the Eighty Years' War. 1616 Tibet Bhutan: Subject to British protectorate from 1865 to 1947, and an Indian protectorate from 1947 to 1971. February 8, 1649 Holy Roman Empire Switzerland: Separated from Imperial sovereignty by the Peace of Westphalia: July 1747 Persia Afghanistan
The list shows large groupings associated with the dates of independence from decolonization (e.g., 41 current states gained control of sovereignty from the United Kingdom and France between 1956 and 1966) or dissolution of a political union (e.g., 18 current states gained control of sovereignty from the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia between 1990 ...
Relations between the two countries are, at present, cordial, with Australia having committed itself to assisting Nauru's economic development. Australia has a high commission in Aiwo. Nauru has a high commission in Canberra and a consulate-general in Brisbane. People's Republic of China: 21 July 2002 – 27 May 2005 24 January 2024 (second)
On the tiny island nation, which has a land area of just 21.1 sq km (8.1 sq miles), China's state television CCTV has moved even more quickly, filing its first report from Nauru on the same day ...
By historical estimates, Nauru had a population of approximately 1,400 in 1848; by the end of war, there were about 900 inhabitants. [ 2 ] Having effectively been put under German control with the civil war's ceasefire, Nauru was shortly thereafter annexed into the German colonial empire , as part of German New Guinea .