Historical place archive

Rapa Nui in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Rapa Nui in Chile. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1888–1888

Historical events in Rapa Nui

1888

9 September 1888
Annexation of Rapa Nui
Jose Manuel Balmaceda Fernandez · Government of Chile

Accepts the agreement incorporating Rapa Nui under Chilean sovereignty.

Provenance

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