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Samoan Civil Wars

1886 CE – 1899 CE · 13 years

Rival Samoan chiefs fought civil wars that drew in Germany, Britain, and the United States, culminating in a naval standoff and the eventual partition of Samoa between Germany and America.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Rival Samoan factions (Malietoa, Mataafa, Tamasese)
  • Germany, Britain, United States

Key moments

Defining events in the Samoan Civil Wars.

  1. 1889 Apia hurricane naval disaster
  2. 1898-1899 Second Samoan Civil War
  3. 1899 Battle of Vailele

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Hawaii Volcanoes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Mosquito Coast

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1886 CE and 1899 CE.

1898 CE Spanish-American War 1898 CE Banana Wars 1899 CE Thousand Days' War (Colombia) 1886 CE Neuschwanstein Castle 1888 CE Nasir al-Mulk Mosque

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque Landmark · Middle East 1888 CE – still standing French West Africa Polity · Africa 1895 CE – 1958 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Otto von Bismarck Figure · Prussia / Germany 1815 CE – 1898 CE Boxer Rebellion Conflict · East Asia 1899 CE – 1901 CE St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne Landmark · Oceania 1891 CE – still standing
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