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French Polynesia Timeline
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800 B.C.
1958
1797
2016
- Polynesians reach the Society Islands
- First individuals to settle on uncharted territory
- arrival of the first missionaries from the 'London Missionary Society'
- Christianity spread through French Polynesia making 90% of civilians Christian
- France declared the islands an overseas territory
- Islanders voted to remain a territory
- a group of researchers published a study in the journal Eurosurveillance confirming brain malformations and neurological dysfunction in fetuses infected with the Zika virus in French Polynesia
- zika virus has spread to other nations located near the Pacific Ocean
http://tahitinow.com.au/about-tahiti/culture/religions-in-french-polynesia/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/first-polynesians-crossed/
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/6/pdfs/14-0138.pdf
Historical Location
Historical Figure
1767
Gauguin Museum (Tahiti)
Tarita Teriipaia (active years: 1962-1985)
The great French painter Paul Gauguin lived and worked on Tahiti's south coast from 1891 until moving to Hiva Oa in the Marquesas Islands, where he died. This museum has a few of his original works, but is best at tracing his adventures in French Polynesia.
- Englishman Samuel Wallis arrives to Tahiti
- Goes back to Europe to inform his discovery
Born in Bora Bora, she played Maimiti opposite Marlon Brando in the film Mutiny on the Bounty, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and became Brando's third wife in 1962
http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/famous-cornish-people/wallis-samuel.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Polynesian_constitutional_referendum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarita_Teriipaia
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