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Samuel Walls becomes the first European to Arrive in Tahiti
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Tahiti became a french territory called New Cynthera
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Spain attempts to conquer Tahiti
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King Pomare I first ascended his throne
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Tahiti's population dropped from about 40,000 ibn 1769 to around 9,000
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France declared the island a french protectorate which caused fighting between Tahitians and the French
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King Pomare V cede Tahiti's sovereignty to France
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King Pomare V (last tahitian monarch) dies
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France conducted last of 193 nuclear bomb tests
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Tahitian royal family descendant, Tauatomo Mairau proclaimed himself the heir to the island throne