Page 27 - French Polynesia
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Key Historical Dates and Events
1803: King Pomare II flees Tahiti for Moorea.
1812: Pomare’s subjects are converted to Protestantism.
1827: The 50-year reign of Queen Pomare IV begins.
1834: French Catholic missionaries arrive on the island of Mangareva.
1836: French Catholic priests are expelled from Tahiti by the Polynesians.
1838: France sends a gunboat to Tahiti and demands compensation for the expulsion.
1842: France declares Tahiti and the Marquesas as a protectorate.
1842: Herman Melville visits Tahiti-Polynesia.
1843: The capitol city of Papeete is founded.
1844: Mormon missionaries arrive on Tubuai in the Austral Islands.
1847: Tahitian War of Independence.
1847: Queen Pomare accepts the French protectorate status.
