{"slug": "polynesia", "label": "Polynesia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35942", "qid": "Q35942", "description": "subregion of Oceania", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-1499, 1855], "span_label": ["1500 BCE", "1855 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "fiji", "label": "Fiji", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "europe", "label": "Europe", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-zealand", "label": "New Zealand", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maori-people", "label": "Māori people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-catholic-church", "label": "Roman Catholic Church", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pacific-ocean", "label": "Pacific Ocean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tonga", "label": "Tonga", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1499, "year_label": "1500 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "c. 1500 BC — Polynesians settle in Fiji, (controversial Fiji settlement)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320312812#Events_and_trends", "title": "1500s BC (decade)", "revid": 1320312812, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": 1280, "year_label": "1280 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The ancestors of the Māori people from eastern Polynesia become the first human settlers of New Zealand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487782#Events", "title": "1280", "revid": 1362487782, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1380, "year_label": "1380 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The last islands of Polynesia are discovered and inhabited.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360515041#Date_unknown", "title": "1380", "revid": 1360515041, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 – A Spanish expedition of four ships, led by navigator and explorer Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, makes the first European landing in Polynesia, on the Marquesas Islands. Despite an initially good reception with the natives, fighting begins and the Mendaña ships leave after two weeks. One of the ships, the Santa Ysabel, disappears during the voyage toward the Solomon Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339059002#July–September", "title": "1595", "revid": 1339059002, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1835, "year_label": "1835 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – Matua, High Priest (taura tupua) of the Polynesian island of Mangareva, is baptized into the Roman Catholic Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364866184#April–June", "title": "1835", "revid": 1364866184, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Battle of Kaba: The Kingdom of Tonga in the islands of the southwest Pacific Ocean (Polynesia, Melanesia / Oceania), intervenes in the war between the self-proclaimed Tui Viti (King) of the island of Fiji, Cakobau, and his rivals the Confederation of Rewa. It results in Rewa's defeat and the tenuous unification of Fiji under Cakobau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#April–June", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}