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Name: tonga

Type: Cluster

Start: 901 AD

End: 2022 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Kingdom of Tonga
  • Tonga (British Protectorate)
  • Establishment


  • January 901: In the 10th century, the Tu'i Tonga Empire was established in Tonga.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 941: From 940 Samoa was ruled by Tonga.

  • January 1201: The Kingdom of Tonga reached its peak during the period 1200-1500.

  • January 1251: Independence of the Paramountcy of Samoa from Tonga.

  • January 1451: The kingdom of ʻUvea was founded sometimes in the 15th century and the monarch was titled Tuʻi ʻUvea.

  • January 1566: Tu`a (Alo) kingdom founded.

  • January 1601: By 1600 AD the Kingdom of Tonga was reduced only to the Island of Tonga.

  • May 1900: Tonga became a protected state under a Treaty of Friendship with Britain.

  • January 1953: Establishment of the separate British protectorate over Tonga.

  • June 1970: The Treaty of Friendship and Tonga's protection status ended in 1970.

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