ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Solomon Islands </title> <META name="keywords" content="Salomon Inseln"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2006 --> </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> History of Solomon Islands <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xsolomon.html.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xsolomon.html"> <img src = "../banners/bansolomon.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../histatlas/pacific/haxsolomon.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> Historical Atlas <BR> Solomon Islands </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 22nd 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 : Solomon 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 B.C. <BR> 1568 <BR> 1767 <BR> 1849 <BR> 1886 <BR><BR><BR> 1893 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1899 <BR><BR> 1907 <BR> 1914 <BR><BR><BR> 1920 <BR> 1927 <BR> 1942 <BR> 1942 <BR> 1942 <BR> 1947-1950 <BR> 1950 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1968 <BR> 1970 <BR> 1976 <BR> 1977 <BR> 1978 <BR> 1978 <BR> 1979 <BR><BR> 1992-1993 <BR><BR> 1999 <BR><BR> 2003 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Melanesians settled the islands <BR> Spanish navigator Mendena de Neira visited the islands, named them after biblical King Solomon <BR> Solomon Islands visited by British navigator Philip Carteret <BR> Arrival of first missionaries <BR> Anglo-German convention establishes German, British spheres of interest in the region. <BR> The Northern Solomon Islands were allocated to Germany, the Southern Solomon Islands to <BR> Britain <BR> British protectorate established over Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia, San Cristobal <BR> The eastern islands were annexed into the British Solomon Islands <BR> In return for British recognition of the German annexation of Western Samoa, Germany ceded <BR> the Solomon Islands of Choiseul and Isabel to Britain <BR> First postage stamps for British Solomon Islands issued <BR> WW I; German New Guinea including the Northern Solomon Islands were occupied by Australian <BR> forces; the Northern Solomons remained under the administration of New Guinea, were not <BR> reunited with the British Solomon Islands <BR> The British Pound Sterling was replaced by the Australian Pound as currency <BR> A British tax collector and his company were killed by local tribesmen <BR> WW II; Japanese occupation of all islands except for Isabel <BR> WW II : Battle of Guadalcanal, island taken by allies; establishment of U.S. navy base <BR> seat of administration moved from Tulagi to Honiara <BR> Independence movement on Malaita <BR> U.S. forces withdrew from Malaita <BR> Legislative Council and Executive Council established <BR> Apostolic Vicariate of the South Solomons elevated to Diocesis of Honiara <BR> Australian Pound replaced by Australian Dollar as currency <BR> University of the South Pacific (at Suva, Fiji) established; Solomon Islands among the owners <BR> Government Council set up <BR> Self Government introduced <BR> Solomon Islands began issuing own currency, Solomon Islands Dollar <BR> British Solomon Islands released into independence <BR> Diocesis of Honiara elevated to Archdiocesis of Honiara <BR> South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention held in Honiara; FFA established with seat <BR> in Honiara <BR> Solomon Islanders supported secessionists on Bougainville (Papua New Guinea); PNG forces <BR> undertook incursions into Solomon Islands <BR> Begin of civil war on Guadalcanal, between the local Gwale and the immigrant colony of Malaitans <BR> who controlled capital Honiara <BR> Arrival of an Australian-led international peacekeeping force <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"> Article History of the Solomon Islands, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Solomon_Islands"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> History of the Solomon Islands, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/solomon_islands/history.htm"><B>Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> A brief history of the Archdiocesis of Honiara, from <A HREF = "http://www.catholicnet.com/solomon/archdiocese-honiara.htm"><B> Catholic Net</B></A> <BR> Solomon Islands History, from <A HREF = "http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Solomon+Islands/History"><B>iexplore</B></A> <BR> Solomon Islands, from <A HREF = "http://gbgm-umc.org/country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=148"><B>General Board of Global Ministries</B></A> <BR> Short History of the Solomon Islands, from <A HREF = "http://www.abacci.com/atlas/history.asp?countryID=321"><B>Abacci Atlas</B></A> <BR> Pacific IGOs, from <A HREF = "http://www.spc.int/piocean/CROP/pac_igo.html"><B>SPC</B></A>piocean.org</B></A> <BR> A Global History of Currencies : <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/304.html"><B>Solomon Islands</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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