Kingdom of Tahiti
| Kingdom of Tahiti | ||||||||||
| Royaume de Tahiti | ||||||||||
| French Protectorate (1842–1880) | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Papeete (from 1847) | |||||||||
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| Religion | Tahitian, Christianity | |||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | |||||||||
| Monarch | ||||||||||
| • | 1788/91–1803 | Pōmare I (first) | ||||||||
| • | 1877–1880 | Pōmare V (last) | ||||||||
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| • | Kingdom founded by Pōmare I | 1788/91 | ||||||||
| • | Kingdom consolidated power after Battle of Te Feipī | 12 November 1815 | ||||||||
| • | Establishment of the French protectorate | 9 September 1842 | ||||||||
| • | French-Tahitian War | 1843-1847 | ||||||||
| • | French protectorate | 1 January 1847 | ||||||||
| • | Annexed by France | 29 June 1880 | ||||||||
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French franc Pound sterling |
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| Today part of |
 French Polynesia
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The Kingdom of Tahiti was founded by paramount chief Pōmare I, who, with the aid of English missionaries and traders, and European weaponry, unified the islands of Tahiti, Moʻorea, Tetiaroa, Mehetia and at its peak included the Tuamotus, Tubuai, Raivavae and other islands of eastern Polynesia. Their leaders were Christian following the baptism of Pomare II. Their progressive rise and recognition by Europeans allowed Tahiti to remain free from a planned Spanish colonization, as well as English and earlier French claims to the islands. The Kingdom was one of a number of independent Polynesian states in Oceania, alongside Raiatea, Huahine, Bora Bora, Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Rarotonga, and Niue in the 19th century. They are known for bringing a period of peace and cultural and economic prosperity to the islands over the reign of the five Tahitian monarchs.
Tahiti and its dependencies were made a French protectorate in 1842, and largely annexed as a colony of France in 1880. The monarchy was abolished by France shortly thereafter, though there are still pretenders.
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