History timeline overview
| 200 B.C. | Polynesia begins to be settled |
| 300 A.D. | Rapa Nui / Easter Island settled |
| 600 | Ahu's at Vinapu and Tahai constructed |
| 1000 | Overuse of natural resources, deforestation underway |
| 1500 | Intensive warfare, Moai construction ceasing, Birdman cult develops |
| 1600 | Natural resources failing, Birdman cult failing and cannibalism starts |
| 1722 | Easter Sunday. Admiral Jacob Roggeveen (Dutch) |
| 1770 | Gonzalez names Easter Island San Carlos(Spanish) |
| 1774 | James Cook visists.(British) |
| 1786 | La Perouse (French) |
Occasional visits from passing ships | |
| 1805 | New England whaler, The Nancy, kidnaps 22 islanders (USA) |
| 1859 - 1862 | Peruvian slave trades take in excess of 1000 islanders to work on the Peruvian Guano trade |
| 1864 | (Jan.) Arrival of first missionary from Valparaiso |
| 1867 | Commercial exploitation begins with the arrival from Tahiti of M. Dutrou Bornier. Subsequently murdered by the local population who claimed he Òfell from a horseÓ. |
| 1868 | H.M.S. Topaze removes two statues, later presenting Hoa Haka Nana Ia to Queen Victoria and the other to the British Museum. Both now held by the British Museum |
| 1872 | Pierre Loti, L'Ile de Paques visits the island. |
| 1888 | Visit by the American warship Mohican |
| Annexed by Chile | |
| 1897 | Mr. Merlot of Valparaiso leases the greater part of the Island and subsequently form a company for the "Exploitation of Easter Island". |
| 1914 | Katherine Routeledge visits for a yearlong expedition to the island. Publishes the book "The Mystery of Easter Island" in 1919 |
| until 1952 | Leased to private companies (some British influence?) |
| 1955 | Thor Heyerdahl visits Easter Island |
| 1965 | Airport constructed, reliance on yearly Chilean Navy visits reduces |
| 1966 | Chile declares Easter Island a province |
| 1969 | Tahai restored by Mulloy |
| 1986 | Landing strip extended to allow Easter Island to be used as an emergency landing strip for the NASA Space Shuttle |
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