Today in French Polynesia History
France Topics: New Caledonia
Historical Events
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1767-06-18 - Samuel Wallis, an English sea captain, sights Tahiti and is considered the first European to reach the island.
1777-12-08 - Capt Cook leaves Society Islands
1835-10-20 - HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti
1835-11-15 - HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti
1835-11-18 - -20] Charles Darwin travels to Tahiti
1835-11-26 - HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for NZ
1880-06-29 - France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)
1891-04-01 - Painter Gauguin leaves Marseille for Tahiti
1891-06-09 - Painter Gauguin arrives in Papeete, Tahiti
1891-07-26 - France annexes Tahiti.
1892-01-11 - Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl
1905-02-08 - Cyclone hit Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
1966-07-02 - 1st France nuclear explosion on Mururoa atoll
1968-08-24 - France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa
1991-11-18 - France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti
Famous Birthdays
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1926-06-21 - Conrad Hall, Tahitian-born cinematographer (d. 2003)
1944-11-01 - Oscar Temaru, President of French Polynesia
1970-02-20 - Cheyenne Brando, Papeete Tahiti, daughter of Marlon
1972-12-09 - Fabrice Santoro, Tahiti, tennis star
Famous Deaths
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1903-05-08 - Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
