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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
Establishment
August 1856: Howland Island was uninhabited when the United States took possession of it under the Guano Islands Act of 1856.
August 1856: The United States took possession of theBaker island in 1857, claiming it under the Guano Islands Act of 1856.
August 1856: The American Guano Company, which was incorporated in 1857, established claims in respect of Baker Island and Jarvis Island which was recognized under the U.S. Guano Islands Act of 1856.
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 (Asia & Pacific)
Was the East Asian, South Asian and Pacific theatre of World War II.
1.1.1.Battle of Wake Island
Was the military invasion by Japanese forces of Wake island, a U.S. possession.
December 1941: Surrender of the American Garrison of Wake Island to the Empire of Japan.
1.2.End of World War II in Europe
Refers to the surrender of Axis forces and the end of World War II and to the territorial changes that were a direct consequence of World War II but happened after the traditional end of the War.
1.2.1.The Surrender of Japanese forces
Surrender of Japanese forces at the end of World War II.
September 1945: Wake island was held by the Japanese for the duration of the Pacific War theater of World War II; the remaining Japanese garrison on the island surrendered to a detachment of United States Marines on 4 September 1945.
April 1858: In 1858, William Parker and R. F. Ryan chartered the schooner Palestine specifically to find Johnston Atoll. They located guano on the atoll in March 1858 and proceeded to claim the island.
July 1858: Haiti protested the annexation, but on July 7, 1858, U.S. President James Buchanan issued an Executive Order upholding the American claim, which also called for military action to enforce it. Navassa Island has since been maintained by the United States as an unincorporated .
January 1861: Kingman Reef was claimed in 1860 by the United States Guano Company, under the name "Danger Reef".
August 1867: Captain William Reynolds of USS Lackawanna formally took possession of the Midway Atoll for the United States.
January 1899: Under orders from President William McKinley, Commander Edward D. Taussig of USS Bennington landed on Wake and formally took possession of the island for the United States.
August 1959: When Hawaii was admitted to the United States in 1959, Palmyra was explicitly separated from the new state, remaining a federal incorporated territory.
Selected Sources
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.8
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