Tonga Islands in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Tonga Islands in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records1 event labels1 people1772–1777

Historical events in Tonga Islands

1772

Discovery of Tonga Islands

James Cook · Exploration and Discovery

Discovers the Tonga Islands

1773

Discovery of Tonga Islands

James Cook · Exploration and Discovery

Cook 1st visits Tonga

1777

Discovery of Tonga Islands

James Cook · Exploration and Discovery

Visits Tonga for a 2nd time. Impressed by the amiability of the people, names the islands the Friendly Islands

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