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Timeline for Papua New Guinea - key events
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Papua New Guinea Timeline[edit | edit source]

Date Event
-40000 the first men, coming from South-East Asia, land in New Guinea.
-9000 first traces of agriculture.
Between - 6000 and - 3500 the Austronesians, new wave of "colonizers", populate the coasts of New Guinea, pushing back the previous inhabitants in the mountains and colonizing the islands of the archipelago.
1400-1500 arrival of the sweet potato in the highlands; major population explosion.
1511 discovery of New Guinea by the Portuguese Antonio d'Abreu.
1526 Jorge de Meneses lands for the first time in New Guinea.
1546 the Spaniards claim the island and name it.
1828 the Dutch take possession of the western part (the current Irian Jaya).
1883 The government of Queensland of Australia annexed the South-East of the island of New Guinea, naming it "Great Britain".
1884 to counter the British colonial intrigues, the Germans take possession of the northeastern area and several islands of the archipelago, under the name of Kaiser-Wilhems-Land, which they will keep until 1914.
1888 the British protectorate called New Guinea is annexed.
1902 possession is placed under the authority of the Commonwealth of Australia.
1906 the administration of the south-eastern part of the territory is officially entrusted to Australia.
1914 The Australians take control of the German part of New Guinea at the start of the war.
1921 following the First World War, the German zone is entrusted to Australia, which already administered the south-eastern part.
1930 the Leahy brothers enter the interior of the central mountains and meet the people who live there for the first time.
1931 establishment of teaching in the Tok Pisin language.
1942-1945 occupation of several islands of the archipelago and the north coast by the Japanese.
1946 the territory of New Guinea is declared "Trust Territory of New Guinea for the purposes of the United Nations", administratively managed by Australia.
1963 Irian Jaya is ceded to Indonesia by the Dutch; start of the Indonesian "colonization" of this area.
1975 after a period of two years of autonomy, Papua New Guinea gains independence and becomes a member of the Commonwealth.
1989 unrest begins on the island of Bougainville, which declares itself independent.
1994 the two volcanoes which overhang the city of Rabaul, the Vulcan and the Tavurvur, erupt and destroy the city which they cover with ash. The disaster claims no casualties.
1997 the so-called "Sandline" affair (sending foreign mercenaries to Bougainville where the crisis is still running) brings down the government in place.
2004 Bougainville becomes an autonomous region.
2007 start of the LNG gas project.
2011 election of the current Prime Minister, Peter O'Neil.
2014 start of gas production for the LNG project.
2017-2018 tribal clashes in the region of Mendi and Tari, raising fears of the resumption of the conflict between the two provinces.
2018 an earthquake devastates the Highlands.

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