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Period: 700 to
FIJI TIMELINE 700AD to 2024AD
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- Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to visit the islands.
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- Christian convert chief Cakobau gains control of most of western Fiji, while another Christian convert, Ma'afu from Tonga, controls the east.
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Fijians get to vote
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- Fiji becomes independent with Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara of the AP as prime minister.
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- Lieutenant-Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka seizes power in bloodless coup with the aim of making indigenous Fijians politically dominant.
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November - Eight soldiers are killed in a failed army mutiny.
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December - Amnesty International calls on the government in Fiji to withdraw soldiers from police duties, citing several allegations of torture against civilians under arrest.