{"slug": "samoa", "label": "Samoa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683", "qid": "Q683", "description": "sovereign state made up of six islands in the Pacific Ocean", "entries": 13, "years": 10, "span": [1250, 2022], "span_label": ["1250 CE", "2022 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Independent State of Samoa", "Western Samoa"], "related": [{"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chile", "label": "Chile", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canada", "label": "Canada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tonga", "label": "Tonga", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "fiji", "label": "Fiji", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empire-of-japan", "label": "Empire of Japan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1250, "year_label": "1250 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Samoa frees itself from Tongan rule, which begins the Malietoa dynasty in Samoa (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360895476#Oceania", "title": "1250", "revid": 1360895476, "section": "Events › By place › Oceania"}}, {"year": 1827, "year_label": "1827 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The missionary ship Messenger of Peace is built on Rarotonga by English Congregationalist John Williams to spread Christianity to Samoa and the Society Islands on behalf of the London Missionary Society.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362794712#Date_unknown", "title": "1827", "revid": 1362794712, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March", "text": "March – A German naval force shells a village in Samoa, destroying some American property; three American warships enter the Samoan harbor and prepare to fire on the three German warships found there. Before guns are fired, a hurricane blows in and sinks all the ships, American and German. A compulsory armistice is called because of the lack of warships.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369651060#January–March", "title": "1889 in the United States", "revid": 1369651060, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – In Samoa, 3 U.S. and 3 German ships sink in a typhoon because the captains refuse to leave before the others; almost 200 drown. The British steamer Calliope saves itself by pushing into the wind with full speed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369651060#April–June", "title": "1889 in the United States", "revid": 1369651060, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1892, "year_label": "1892 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – Samoa changes its time zone from 4 hours ahead of Japan to being 3 hours behind California, such that it crosses the International Date Line, and Monday, July 4 occurs twice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372569087#July", "title": "1892", "revid": 1372569087, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1900, "year_label": "1900 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 16", "text": "16 February – In Washington, British Ambassador Lord Pauncefote, and German Ambassador Baron Theodor von Holleben meet Secretary of State Hay at the State Department, and exchange ratifications of the Samoan Treaty signed by all three nations. \"Secretary Hay retained for the United States the copy of the treaty which was ratified by the United States Senate. He handed to Lord Pauncefote and to Herr von Holleben copies of the treaty bearing the signatures of the President and himself\", reported the New York Times. Similar proceedings take place in London and Berlin with the foreign ministers and ambassadors, completing the Tripartite Convention of 1899. Under the treaty, the Pacific islands of Samoa are divided between the U.S. (as American Samoa) and Germany (later the Independent State of Samoa).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348714021#Diplomacy", "title": "1900 in Germany", "revid": 1348714021, "section": "Diplomacy"}}, {"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – \"Black Saturday\" in Samoa: New Zealand colonial police kill 11 unarmed demonstrators, an event which leads the Mau movement to demand independence for Samoa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372436446#December", "title": "1929", "revid": 1372436446, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – Samoa and Tokelau move from east to west of the International Date Line, thereby skipping December 30, in order to align their time zones better with their main trading partners.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#December", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Samoa's Legislative Assembly appoints Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II as O le Ao o le Malo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297598009#Events", "title": "2017 in Samoa", "revid": 1297598009, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 16", "text": "16 June – Samoa becomes a Christian state. Article 1 of the Samoan Constitution states that “Samoa is a Christian nation founded of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297598009#Events", "title": "2017 in Samoa", "revid": 1297598009, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – Samoan police confirmed they had foiled an assassination plot against Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357738379#August", "title": "2019 in Oceania", "revid": 1357738379, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – A large eruption of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai, a submarine volcano in Tonga, triggers tsunami warnings in Australia, Canada, Chile, Fiji, Japan, New Zealand, Samoa, and the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#January", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "January 22", "text": "22 January – Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa announces a three-day lockdown in response to ten positive COVID-19 passengers from a repatriation flight.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344501647#Events", "title": "2022 in Samoa", "revid": 1344501647, "section": "Events"}}]}