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James Cook landing at Tanna island, c. 1774. The Vanuatu group of islands first had contact with Europeans in 1606, when the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, sailing for the Spanish Crown, arrived on the largest island and called the group of islands La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo or "The Southern Land of the Holy Spirit", believing he had arrived in Terra Australis or Australia.
An independence movement arose in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was founded in 1980. Since independence, the country has become a member of the United Nations , Commonwealth of Nations , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , and the Pacific Islands Forum .
This page lists the individual Vanuatu year pages. It only references years after 1980, when the country gained independence. It only references years after 1980, when the country gained independence.
French Republic founded. 30 July 1980: Overseas France: The New Hebrides Condominium declares independence and becomes Vanuatu. Germany: 23 May 1949: The Basic Law of Germany comes into effect. 843 then 962 Creation of East Francia. East Francia becomes the Holy Roman Empire (with the Kingdom of Germany as a main part of the empire) 3 October 1990
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Vanuatu, one of the small island states that has spearheaded the effort to get the World Court to give a so-called advisory opinion, was the first of more than 100 states and international ...
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People pose in front of New Year decorations in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, December 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) - Amr Nabil/AP