Sru III dies and Awane Oa becomes king; renewed influenza cuts the population to 950 by October.

What happened

Awane Sru III died in September; Snow said he died of “dissipation,” while Kosraean opinion, as the outline records it, held that his successor Awane Oa had strangled him. Influenza returned, and the population fell from about 975 early in the year to 950 by October.