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Name: Kingdom of Rarotonga

Type: Polity

Start: 1859 AD

End: 1888 AD

Nation: kingdom of rarotonga

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The Kingdom of Rarotonga, named after the island of Rarotonga, was an independent kingdom established in the present-day Cook Islands in 1858. In 1888 it became a protectorate of the United Kingdom by its own request.

Establishment


  • January 1859: The Kingdom of Rarotonga, (Cook Islands Māori: Mātāmuatanga Rarotonga) named after the island of Rarotonga, was an independent kingdom established in the present-day Cook Islands in 1858.
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    Disestablishment


  • January 1889: In 1888 it became a protectorate of the United Kingdom by its own request.
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