Gilbert Islands

This article is about the specific polity Gilbert Islands and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

Was a British colony in the Pacific. The Gilbert Islands gained independence as part of the Republic of Kiribati on 12 July 1979.

Establishment

January 1976: In 1975, the Gilbert Islands gained independence from the United Kingdom and became the independent nation of Kiribati. The islands of Canton and Enderbury were transferred to Kiribati from the United States, marking the final step in the country's separation from colonial rule.