ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Tonga</title> <META name="keywords" content="Tonga, Toga"> <!-- 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> History of Tonga <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xtonga.html.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xtonga.html"> <img src = "../banners/bantonga.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 = "200" 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 23rd 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 : Tonga </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"> 3000-1100 B.C. <BR> 1500-1300 B.C. <BR> 950 A.D. <BR> 13th Century A.D. <BR> c. 1470 <BR> 1616 <BR> 1643 <BR> 1773 <BR> 1797 <BR> 1839 <BR> 1845 <BR> 1862 <BR> 1875 <BR> 1876 <BR> 1879 <BR> 1886 <BR> 1888 <BR> 1900 <BR> 1936 <BR> 1942 <BR> 1958 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1970 <BR> 1976 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Tonga settled <BR> Arrival of Lapita people <BR> Legendary foundation of Tongan dynasty, kingdom <BR> Peak of the Kingdom of Tonga <BR> Creation of the office of Hau; King reduced to ceremonial figure <BR> Dutch navigator Jakob le Maire visited northern islands <BR> Dutch navigator Abel Tasman visited southrn islands <BR> British navigator James Cook visited the islands, named them Friendly Islands <BR> First Methodist missionary arrived <BR> Codification of Tongan Law (Code of Vava'u) <BR> Reunification of Tonga into one kingdom <BR> Serfdom was abolished <BR> Flag, constitution adopted <BR> Tonga, Germany signed treaty of friendship <BR> Tonga, Britain signed treaty of friendship <BR> Establishment of Tongan Postal Service <BR> Tonga, U.S. signed treaty of friendship <BR> Tonga declared British protectorate; called Toga <BR> The Tongan Pound, hitherto linked to Pund Sterling, was linked to Australian Dollar <BR> 2000 Tongan soldiers fought on Solomon Islands <BR> Tonga granted self-government <BR> Currency reform, Pa'anga introduced <BR> Tonga released into independence <BR> Tonga established diplomatic reltions with the U.S.S.R. <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"> History of Tonga, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/pacific/tonga/history.htm"><B>Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> A Short History of Tonga, from <A HREF = "http://www.electionworld.org/history/tonga.htm"><B>Elction World</B></A> <BR> Article History of Tonga, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tonga"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> A Global History of Currencies : <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/340.html"><B>Tonga</B></A>, by Bryan Taylor <BR> </font></TD> </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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