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==French Polynesia Timeline==
==French Polynesia Timeline==
{| class="wikitable"
!Date
!Event
|-
|Around  300
|the first  men land in the Marquesas: they come from Samoa and Tonga, where they had  been settled for around 1,500 years.
|-
|Towards  400
|the  Polynesians discover and populate the Hawaiian Islands.
|-
|Around  500
|conquest of Easter Island.
|-
|Around  600
|conquest  of the Society archipelago.
|-
|Around  850
|conquest of New Zealand.
|-
|Around  1000
|conquest  of the Tuamotu-Gambier.
|-
|1520
|during  his crossing of the Pacific Ocean, Magellan discovers the extreme northeast  of the Tuamotus.
|-
|1595
|during  his journey in search of the southern lands, the Spaniard Alvaro de Mendaña  discovers the .
|-
|1605
|Queirós  discovers several islands of the Tuamotu and Tahiti.
|-
|1767
|Wallis  discovers and visits Tahiti, which he baptizes King George's Island.
|-
|1768
|Bougainville  arrives in Tahiti and believes he is the first to discover it. He names it  "New Kythera" and reinforces the myth of the "good  savage" developed by Rousseau.
|-
|1769
|at the  request of the Royal Society of London, Cook's first trip to Tahiti, in order  to observe the passage of Venus in front of the Sun.
|-
|1773
|Cook's  second trip to Tahiti.
|-
|1777
|Cook's  third trip to Tahiti.
|-
|1788
|Bounty mutiny.
|-
|1793
|start of  the Pomaré dynasty in Tahiti. Seizure of power by Pomaré I, helped by the  mutineers of the Bounty.
|-
|1797
|arrival  in Tahiti of the first Protestant missionaries of the London Missionary  Society.
|-
|1803
|death of  Pomaré I. His son Pomaré II succeeded him. Christianization of the Tahitian  people by teaching the Bible in schools and violent repression against  traditional Polynesian believers.
|-
|1818
|creation  of the city of Papeete by Cook.
|-
|1821
|death of  Pomaré II, succeeded by his very young son Pomaré III.
|-
|1827
|death of  Pomaré III, whose throne goes to his sister Pomaré IV.
|-
|1836
|expulsion  of French Catholic missionaries at the request of English Protestants.
|-
|1841
|seizure  of power by the French admiral Dupetit-Thouars, who lands in Papeete.
|-
|1842
|coerced  and forced, Queen Pomaré IV signs a treaty formalizing the French  protectorate over Tahiti and Moorea.
|-
|1852
|departure  of the English missionaries.
|-
|1877
|death of  Queen Pomaré IV replaced by her son Pomaré V.
|-
|1880
|Pomaré V  cedes its rights over Tahiti to France.
|-
|1888
|French  annexation of the Leeward Islands. Creation of French establishments in  Oceania (EFO).
|-
|1891
|death of Pomaré V.
|-
|1900
|annexation  of the Austral Islands by France.
|-
|1914
|bombardment  of Papeete by two German cruisers.
|-
|1941
|rallying  of Tahiti to Free France.
|-
|1942
|installation  of an American military base in Bora Bora.
|-
|1945
|obtaining  of French nationality and the right to vote by the inhabitants of French  Polynesia.
|-
|1957
|French establishments in Oceania become French Polynesia.
|-
|1958
|after referendum, French Polynesia opts for the status of  overseas territory.
|-
|1960
|October 15, Faaa International Airport is inaugurated.
|-
|1963
|installation of the Pacific Nuclear Experimentation Center  (CEP).
|-
|1980
|Tahitian becomes official language.
|-
|1984
|internal autonomy statute.
|-
|1992
|April 8, nuclear tests are suspended.
|-
|1995
|on June 13, President Jacques Chirac announces the  resumption of nuclear tests; seven shots are planned. In September, after the  first shot in Mururoa, violent demonstrations took place in Papeete and at  Faa'a airport.
|-
|1996
|in May, as planned, France announces the final end of the  tests.
|-
|1997
|El Niño causes numerous cyclones which devastate several  islands.
|-
|1998
|the international airline Air Tahiti Nui is created,  serving France, the USA, New Zealand and Japan.
|-
|2004
|Oscar Temaru becomes President of the Territory: it is  Taui, the change so long awaited by some; in October, Flosse regains power ...  until March 2005, when Temaru regains the presidential seat! In the same year  2004, the Territory was granted the status of French Overseas Country.
|-
|December  2006
|Gaston Tong Sang, official candidate of Flosse, becomes  president of the territory following a motion of censure.
|-
|September  2007
|the president, disowned by Gaston Flosse, is sidelined by  the latter: Temaru recovers the reins of power.
|-
|January  2008 - April 2011
|political crisis resulting in multiple changes of  alliances, motions of censure and an alternation for the presidency between  Gaston Tong Sang, Gaston Flosse and Oscar Temaru (13 governments in 7 years).
|-
|November  10, 2009 - 2012
|Gaston Flosse is arrested and remanded in custody. Then  begins a long series of convictions, but Flosse manages to have his  ineligibility sentences annulled and to keep his mandate as senator.
|-
|June 2012
|during the legislative elections, Flosse and Tahoeraa won  the 3 Polynesian constituencies.
|-
|April 21,  2013
|territorial elections. Tahoeraa leads with 40.16% of the  votes cast against 24.09% for Temaru's UPLD. t 19.92% for A Tia Porinetia by  Teva Rohfritsch.
|-
|May 5,  2013
|2nd round. Triangular seeing the victory of Tahoeraa and  Flosse with 45.11% of the votes, against 29.26% for the UPLD and 25.63% for A  Tia Porinetia. A 2011 law establishing a majority bonus for the top-ranked  list (in order to ensure a certain political stability) allows Flosse to  obtain 38 of the 57 seats.
|-
|May 17,  2013
|Flosse is elected president of French Polynesia. On the  same day, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, proposed by Temaru,  placing French Polynesia on the list of territories to be decolonized.
|-
|September  5, 2014
|the President of the French Republic François Hollande  having refused to pardon him in a case of fictitious jobs for which he had in  particular been sentenced to a three-year ineligibility sentence, Gaston  Flosse loses all of his mandates local.
|-
|September  14, 2014
|Edouard Fritch becomes President of French Polynesia.
|-
|September  8, 2015
|the elected representatives of the Territorial Assembly  vote by a large majority for the disappearance of the High Council of French  Polynesia, an administrative authority responsible for legal expertise. This  role will henceforth be that of the General Secretariat of the Government.
|-
|February  2016
|the President of the French Republic François Hollande  visits French Polynesia: the last visit of the French President dated back to  2003 (Jacques Chirac). Beyond preparing the ground for the 2017 presidential  elections, the Head of State announces financial assistance and new legal  measures to compensate Polynesians victims of the fallout from nuclear tests  in Mururoa.
|-
|March 17,  2017
|François Hollande and Edouard Fritch sign in Paris  "the Elysée agreement", a prologue to the "Papeete  agreement".
|-
|November  6, 2017
|Emmanuel Macron receives the President of French Polynesia  Edouard Fritch at the Elysee Palace. He ensures to keep the commitments of  his predecessor on the Elysée and Papeete agreements.
|}


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French Polynesia Timeline[edit | edit source]

Date Event
Around 300 the first men land in the Marquesas: they come from Samoa and Tonga, where they had been settled for around 1,500 years.
Towards 400 the Polynesians discover and populate the Hawaiian Islands.
Around 500 conquest of Easter Island.
Around 600 conquest of the Society archipelago.
Around 850 conquest of New Zealand.
Around 1000 conquest of the Tuamotu-Gambier.
1520 during his crossing of the Pacific Ocean, Magellan discovers the extreme northeast of the Tuamotus.
1595 during his journey in search of the southern lands, the Spaniard Alvaro de Mendaña discovers the .
1605 Queirós discovers several islands of the Tuamotu and Tahiti.
1767 Wallis discovers and visits Tahiti, which he baptizes King George's Island.
1768 Bougainville arrives in Tahiti and believes he is the first to discover it. He names it "New Kythera" and reinforces the myth of the "good savage" developed by Rousseau.
1769 at the request of the Royal Society of London, Cook's first trip to Tahiti, in order to observe the passage of Venus in front of the Sun.
1773 Cook's second trip to Tahiti.
1777 Cook's third trip to Tahiti.
1788 Bounty mutiny.
1793 start of the Pomaré dynasty in Tahiti. Seizure of power by Pomaré I, helped by the mutineers of the Bounty.
1797 arrival in Tahiti of the first Protestant missionaries of the London Missionary Society.
1803 death of Pomaré I. His son Pomaré II succeeded him. Christianization of the Tahitian people by teaching the Bible in schools and violent repression against traditional Polynesian believers.
1818 creation of the city of Papeete by Cook.
1821 death of Pomaré II, succeeded by his very young son Pomaré III.
1827 death of Pomaré III, whose throne goes to his sister Pomaré IV.
1836 expulsion of French Catholic missionaries at the request of English Protestants.
1841 seizure of power by the French admiral Dupetit-Thouars, who lands in Papeete.
1842 coerced and forced, Queen Pomaré IV signs a treaty formalizing the French protectorate over Tahiti and Moorea.
1852 departure of the English missionaries.
1877 death of Queen Pomaré IV replaced by her son Pomaré V.
1880 Pomaré V cedes its rights over Tahiti to France.
1888 French annexation of the Leeward Islands. Creation of French establishments in Oceania (EFO).
1891 death of Pomaré V.
1900 annexation of the Austral Islands by France.
1914 bombardment of Papeete by two German cruisers.
1941 rallying of Tahiti to Free France.
1942 installation of an American military base in Bora Bora.
1945 obtaining of French nationality and the right to vote by the inhabitants of French Polynesia.
1957 French establishments in Oceania become French Polynesia.
1958 after referendum, French Polynesia opts for the status of overseas territory.
1960 October 15, Faaa International Airport is inaugurated.
1963 installation of the Pacific Nuclear Experimentation Center (CEP).
1980 Tahitian becomes official language.
1984 internal autonomy statute.
1992 April 8, nuclear tests are suspended.
1995 on June 13, President Jacques Chirac announces the resumption of nuclear tests; seven shots are planned. In September, after the first shot in Mururoa, violent demonstrations took place in Papeete and at Faa'a airport.
1996 in May, as planned, France announces the final end of the tests.
1997 El Niño causes numerous cyclones which devastate several islands.
1998 the international airline Air Tahiti Nui is created, serving France, the USA, New Zealand and Japan.
2004 Oscar Temaru becomes President of the Territory: it is Taui, the change so long awaited by some; in October, Flosse regains power ... until March 2005, when Temaru regains the presidential seat! In the same year 2004, the Territory was granted the status of French Overseas Country.
December 2006 Gaston Tong Sang, official candidate of Flosse, becomes president of the territory following a motion of censure.
September 2007 the president, disowned by Gaston Flosse, is sidelined by the latter: Temaru recovers the reins of power.
January 2008 - April 2011 political crisis resulting in multiple changes of alliances, motions of censure and an alternation for the presidency between Gaston Tong Sang, Gaston Flosse and Oscar Temaru (13 governments in 7 years).
November 10, 2009 - 2012 Gaston Flosse is arrested and remanded in custody. Then begins a long series of convictions, but Flosse manages to have his ineligibility sentences annulled and to keep his mandate as senator.
June 2012 during the legislative elections, Flosse and Tahoeraa won the 3 Polynesian constituencies.
April 21, 2013 territorial elections. Tahoeraa leads with 40.16% of the votes cast against 24.09% for Temaru's UPLD. t 19.92% for A Tia Porinetia by Teva Rohfritsch.
May 5, 2013 2nd round. Triangular seeing the victory of Tahoeraa and Flosse with 45.11% of the votes, against 29.26% for the UPLD and 25.63% for A Tia Porinetia. A 2011 law establishing a majority bonus for the top-ranked list (in order to ensure a certain political stability) allows Flosse to obtain 38 of the 57 seats.
May 17, 2013 Flosse is elected president of French Polynesia. On the same day, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, proposed by Temaru, placing French Polynesia on the list of territories to be decolonized.
September 5, 2014 the President of the French Republic François Hollande having refused to pardon him in a case of fictitious jobs for which he had in particular been sentenced to a three-year ineligibility sentence, Gaston Flosse loses all of his mandates local.
September 14, 2014 Edouard Fritch becomes President of French Polynesia.
September 8, 2015 the elected representatives of the Territorial Assembly vote by a large majority for the disappearance of the High Council of French Polynesia, an administrative authority responsible for legal expertise. This role will henceforth be that of the General Secretariat of the Government.
February 2016 the President of the French Republic François Hollande visits French Polynesia: the last visit of the French President dated back to 2003 (Jacques Chirac). Beyond preparing the ground for the 2017 presidential elections, the Head of State announces financial assistance and new legal measures to compensate Polynesians victims of the fallout from nuclear tests in Mururoa.
March 17, 2017 François Hollande and Edouard Fritch sign in Paris "the Elysée agreement", a prologue to the "Papeete agreement".
November 6, 2017 Emmanuel Macron receives the President of French Polynesia Edouard Fritch at the Elysee Palace. He ensures to keep the commitments of his predecessor on the Elysée and Papeete agreements.

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