{"slug": "samoa", "label": "Samoa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683", "qid": "Q683", "description": "sovereign state made up of six islands in the Pacific Ocean", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1250, 2022], "span_label": ["1250 CE", "2022 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "chile", "label": "Chile", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canada", "label": "Canada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tonga", "label": "Tonga", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1250, "year_label": "1250 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Samoa frees itself from Tongan rule, which begins the Malietoa dynasty in Samoa (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360895476#Oceania", "title": "1250", "revid": 1360895476, "section": "Events › By place › Oceania"}}, {"year": 1827, "year_label": "1827 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The missionary ship Messenger of Peace is built on Rarotonga by English Congregationalist John Williams to spread Christianity to Samoa and the Society Islands on behalf of the London Missionary Society.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362794712#Date_unknown", "title": "1827", "revid": 1362794712, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1892, "year_label": "1892 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – Samoa changes its time zone from 4 hours ahead of Japan to being 3 hours behind California, such that it crosses the International Date Line, and Monday, July 4 occurs twice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372569087#July", "title": "1892", "revid": 1372569087, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – Under the terms of the Samoa Tripartite Convention, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States form a colonial government to administer a protectorate over the islands of Samoa. The government lasts less than nine months, and Germany annexes the western part of Samoa on March 1, 1900, leaving the U.S. to control what becomes American Samoa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#June", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – \"Black Saturday\" in Samoa: New Zealand colonial police kill 11 unarmed demonstrators, an event which leads the Mau movement to demand independence for Samoa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#December", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, the head of state of Samoa since its independence, dies in office at the age of 94. His death triggers the first election for the office of Samoan head of state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#May", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – Samoa and Tokelau move from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping December 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#December", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – A large eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai, a submarine volcano in Tonga, triggers tsunami warnings in Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, and the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#January", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › January"}}]}