Tahiti

island in the Southern Pacific Ocean

7 dated entries naming Tahiti, drawn from 7 separate years between 1767 CE and 1880 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

1767June 17 – British Royal Navy Captain Samuel Wallis becomes the first European to visit the island of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean, during HMS Dolphins second circumnavigation; he also sights Mehetia.source
1769April 13 – James Cook arrives in Tahiti, on the ship HM Bark Endeavour, preparing for the 1769 Transit of Venus observed from Tahiti on June 3. After the voyage, the data is found to be inaccurate in determining the distance between the Sun and Earth.source
1774November 27 – Spanish Navy Captain Domingo de Bonechea arrives at Tahiti in the ship Aguila and tries unsuccessfully to claim it for Spain and to convert the Tahitians to the Roman Catholic faith.source
1787December 23 – Captain William Bligh sets sail from England for Tahiti, on HMS Bounty.source
1797March 5 – Protestant missionaries from the London Missionary Society land in Tahiti, from the Duff (celebrated as Missionary Day in French Polynesia).source

19th century

1842The Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Tahuata are declared a protectorate of France.source
1880June 29 – France annexes Tahiti.source

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