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  2. Franco-Tahitian War - Wikipedia

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    The Franco-Tahitian War (French: Guerre franco-tahitienne) or FrenchTahitian War (1844–1847) was a conflict between the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Tahiti and its allies in the South Pacific archipelago of the Society Islands in modern-day French Polynesia.

  3. Bombardment of Papeete - Wikipedia

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    French shore batteries and a gunboat resisted the German intrusion but were greatly outgunned. The main German objective was to seize the coal piles stored on the island, but these were destroyed by the French at the start of the action. The German vessels were largely undamaged but the French lost their gunboat. Several of Papeete's buildings ...

  4. List of conflicts in Hawaii - Wikipedia

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    World War I (1914–1918) 8 German ships sought refuge in Honolulu Harbor; some were captured. Hanapepe massacre (1924) Police forcibly put down a strike by sugarcane plantation workers, leading to 16 picketers shot and killed. Hilo Massacre (1938) Striking stevedores stormed a police boundary leading to 50 wounded picketers. World War II (1939 ...

  5. Annexation of the Leeward Islands by France - Wikipedia

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    The annexation of the Leeward Islands (French: Annexion des îles Sous-le-vent) or the Leewards War (French: Guerre des îles Sous-le-vent) was a series of diplomatic and armed conflicts between the French Third Republic and the native kingdoms of Raiatea-Tahaa, Huahine and Bora Bora, which resulted in the conquest of the Leeward Islands, in the South Pacific archipelago of the Society Islands ...

  6. French-Tahitian War - Wikipedia

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  7. Tahiti - Wikipedia

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    Tahiti (English: / t ə ˈ h iː t i / ⓘ; Tahitian; [2] French pronunciation:) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia.It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is the North Island of New Zealand.

  8. Teraupo'o - Wikipedia

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    Teraupo'o (c. 1855 – 23 December 1918) was a Tahitian (Maohi) [note 1] resistance leader of the islands of Raiatea and Tahaa who fought off French rule from 1887 to 1897 during the decade-long Leeward Islands War.

  9. Kingdom of Tahiti - Wikipedia

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    The Kingdom of Tahiti or the Tahitian Kingdom was a Polynesian monarchy founded by paramount chief Pōmare I, who, with the aid of British missionaries and traders, and European weaponry, unified the islands of Tahiti, Moʻorea, Teti‘aroa, and Mehetiʻa.