ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Marshall Islands</title> <META name="keywords" content="Marshallinseln, Trust Territory Pacific Islands"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Federated States of <BR> Micronesia </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "tlmicronesia.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xmarshall.html"> <img src = "../banners/banmarshallisl.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xnauru.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Nauru </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 21st 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Marshall Islands </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> c. 2000-500 B.C. <BR> 1529. <BR> 1799 <BR> 1800 <BR> 1857 <BR> 1874 <BR> 1885 <BR> 1888 <BR> 1899 <BR> 1906 <BR> 1914 <BR> 1920 <BR><BR> 1944-1945 <BR> 1946-1958 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1947 <BR> 1951 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1972 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1978 <BR> 1979 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1991 <BR> 2001 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Micronesian navigators arrived on island group <BR> Spanish explorer de Saavedra visited the Marshall Islands <BR> English navigator John Marshall visited the islands, which subsequenty were named after him <BR> Russian navigator Otto von Kotzebue visited the islands, mapped them <BR> Arrival of the first missonary <BR> Spain claimed the islands <BR> Germany established a protectorate over the Marshall Islands <BR> Nauru incorporated into German Marshall Islands protectorate <BR> Germany purchsede Spain's claim over the island group <BR> First German government official stationed in Jaluit <BR> Marshall Islands occupied by the Japanese, Nauru by Australians <BR> League of Nations granted mandate over Marshall Islands, without Nauru, to Japan, over Nauru <BR> jointly to Australia, New Zealand, Britain <BR> U.S. forces occupied island group (withoutb Nauru) <BR> The U.S. conducted nuclear bomb test exlosions on various atolls, most notably on Bikini <BR> Population of Bikini resettled to Rongerik Atoll <BR> Trust Territory Pacific Islands formed <BR> Administration over TTPI transfered from U.S. Navy to U.S. Department of the Interior <BR> U.S. authorities began preparing Bikini for resettlement <BR> First Bikinian families returned, despite decision of Council of Bikini to postpone return <BR> Marshall Islands delegates withdrew from Congress of Micronesia <BR> Bikini evacuatd a second time <BR> Constitution of the Marshall Islands adopted <BR> Compact of Association sgned with the U.S. <BR> Marshall Islans admitted to U.N. <BR> Bikinians were awarded 563 million $ compensation <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Article History of the Marshall Islands, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Marshall_Islands"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> History ofb the Marshall Islands, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/marshall_islands/history.htm"><B> Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> History of the Bikini Atoll, from <A HREF = "http://www.bikiniatoll.com/history.html"><B>Bikini Atoll Web Site</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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