ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Micronesia </title> <META name="keywords" content="Carolinas, Caroline Islands, Karolinen, 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 = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xmicronesia.html"> <img src = "../banners/banmicronesia.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 20th 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 : Micronesia </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"> 4000-2000 B.C. <BR> 1525 <BR> 1565/1668 <BR> 1800es <BR> 1854 <BR> 1884-1885 <BR> 1885 <BR><BR> 1898 <BR> 1899 <BR> 1914 <BR> 1920 <BR><BR> 1935 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1947 <BR><BR><BR> 1951 <BR> 1965 <BR> 1978 <BR><BR> 1979 <BR> 1986 <BR> 1991 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> First settlers arrived <BR> Spanish navigators searching for the Spice Islands visited Yap, Ulithi <BR> Spain claimed Marianas, Marshall Islands, Carolinas <BR> Islands visited by British whalers <BR> smallpox epidemic killed half of population of Pohnpei <BR> Germany challenged Spain's claim over the Caroline, Marshall Islands <BR> Pope Leo XIII. confirmed Spain's claim over the Caroline Islands, Marshall Islands, <BR> Marianas <BR> Spain defeated by U.S. in Spanish-American War; ceded Philippines, Guam to U.S. <BR> Spain sold her claim to the Caroline Islands to Germany <BR> World War I; Carioline Islands occupied by the Japanese <BR> League of Nations granted mandate over Caroline Islands (with Palau), Marshall Islands <BR> (without Nauru), Northern Mariana Islands to Japan <BR> Japan wthdrew from the League of Nations, de facto annexed the islands <BR> U.S. attack on Japanese fleet stationed at Truk (now Chuuk) <BR> United Nations created Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Caroline Islands with Palau, <BR> Marshall Islands without Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands), entrusted U.S. with ad- <BR> ministration <BR> Administration of TTPI transferred from U.S. Navy to U.S. Department of the Interior <BR> Congress of Micronesia formed <BR> Districts Chuuk (Truk), Yap, Pohnpei (Ponape), Kosrae (Kusaie) approved forming <BR> Federated tates of Micronesia; Palau inhabitants rejected it <BR> FSM constitution implemented <BR> Compact of Free Association with the U.S. went into force <BR> Federated States of Micronesia joined U.N. <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 = "600" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> History of FSM, from <A HREF = "http://www.visit-fsm.org/visitors/history.html"><B>Visit FSM</B></A>; from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/federated_states_of_micronesia/history.htm"><B>Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> Timeline, from <A HREF = "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300865.stm"><B>BBC News</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"; visible = "1"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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