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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. Twenty-first century. 2020s 2020
Jan Mayen was made part of the Kingdom of Norway. 1814: Dissolution of the union between Norway and Denmark. 7 June 1905: Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden. 8 May 1945: German occupying forces surrender. Poland: 4 June 1989: The first partially free Parliament's vote after 45-year-long Soviet domination 966
Time in Vanuatu is given by Vanuatu Time (VUT; UTC+11:00). [1] [2] Vanuatu does not currently observe daylight saving time.
Years in Vanuatu (5 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 12 July 2019, at 20:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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 ...
Pages in category "History of Vanuatu" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...