polynesia
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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.
The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:
French Polynesia (Colony)
Établissements français de l’Océanie (Colony)
Établissements français de l’Océanie (Vichy France)
Établissements français de l’Océanie (Overs. Terr.)
French Polynesia (Overseas Territory)
Establishment
May 1842: The Marquesas Islands cede sovereignty to France.
Chronology
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Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.
1.1.World War II (All other Vichy France Colonies)
Refers to the events that happened in French Colonies that decided to be loyal to the German puppet state of Vichy France.
June 1940: Administration of French Oceania loyal to "Vichy" France.
September 1940: From 2 Sep 1940 French Oceania was loyal to "Free" French.
December 1880: In 1880, Pomare V agreed to cede his kingdom of Tahiti to France. It becomes the main element of a colony, the French Establishments of Oceania (EFO).
January 1881: The Society Islands became a French protectorate in 1843 and a colony in 1880 under the name of French Establishments of Oceania (Établissements Français d'Océanie, EFO).
March 1881: France annexed the Kingdom of Rapa.
July 1881: France annexed the Kingdom of Mangareva.
January 1889: Annexation of the Kingdom of Bora Bora by France in 1888.
January 1891: In the 1880s France claimed the Tuamotu Archipelago.
September 1895: France annexed Huahine and Maiaʻo.
January 1896: The Kingdom of Bora Bora was finally annexed to France in 1888 and its last queen Teriimaevarua III was forced to abdicate in 1895.
August 1900: Rurutu in Austral Islands annexed by France.
July 1901: The Kingdom of Taiohae was annexed by France.
September 1901: the Kingdom of Rimatara was annexed by France.
January 1904: In 1903, the Établissements Français d'Océanie (French Establishments in Oceania) were created, which collected together Tahiti, the other Society Islands, the Austral Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago.
October 1946: In 1946, the Polynesians were granted French citizenship and the islands' status was changed to an overseas territory.
July 1957: The name of the Établissements français de l’Océaniename was changed in 1957 to Polynésie Française (French Polynesia).
