More Carolinian immigrants from Lamotrek arrive in the Marianas (document title in Lévesque’s source collection).
Source: Habele, HOM vol. 21 contents
Timeline
Every dated event in the record, 1820 to 2026, each one linked to its source.
The first 31 events, 1821–1832. The plain lists by era above hold every event.
The earliest records are thin: the first entries rest on weak sources.
1821
1822
English whaler Reynard brings Carolinians to Guam; their home island is not named.
Source: Habele, HOM vol. 21 contents
1823
The James Scott (John Mackenzie) trades with Ulithi canoes and names the atoll the “Mackenzie Group.”
Source: MicSem ship list: Yap
1824
John Hall’s Lady Blackwood sights Chuuk’s high islands and the low atolls later called the Hall Islands.
Source: MicSem ship list: Chuuk
Duperrey’s French corvette Coquille spends about ten days at Kosrae; Lesson describes the island and its paramount chief.
The Coquille calls at Mokil, where islanders trade food for iron.
Source: MicSem ship list: Pohnpei
The Coquille cruises five days off Chuuk’s reef without entering, producing the first European chart of the lagoon.
The Coquille sights Satawal and learns its name from islanders trading for iron.
Source: MicSem ship list: Yap
Two English seamen leave the Coquille and live on a lagoon island, reaching Guam within a year.
1825
The barque John Bull (John Henry Rowe) touches at Pohnpei but is chased off by canoes and does not land.
The Leonidas (J. H. Bartlett) sights Ngulu.
Source: MicSem ship list: Yap
1826
The Henry Porcher sights islets at 6°7′N, possibly Ngatik.
Source: MicSem ship list: Pohnpei
The Lyra sights Puluwat; islanders bring fish and coconuts out by canoe.
Source: MicSem ship list: Chuuk
The ship Spartan (Capt. Mooers) sights Kapingamarangi (document title only).
Source: Habele, HOM vol. 21 contents
1827
The Prudent puts seaman William Floyd ashore on Murilo; Lütke picks him up about eighteen months later.
The Guilford sights Oroluk.
Source: MicSem ship list: Pohnpei
Lütke’s Russian sloop Senyavin arrives at Kosrae for a friendly stay of about three weeks.
1828
Lütke’s survey boats are turned back by canoes; some trading occurs and a map is made.
The Senyavin reaches Lukunor and spends about three weeks surveying the Mortlocks, finding iron tools in use.
Lütke heaves to off Chuuk for about a day, mistaking it for Quirós’s “Quirosa.”
Source: Hezel, Truk
The Senyavin visits Ifalik and spends five days at Woleai.
Source: MicSem ship list: Yap
Dumont d’Urville’s Astrolabe is boarded off Yap; one islander had been to Guam and spoke some Spanish.
Source: MicSem ship list: Yap
1830
Benjamin Morrell’s schooner Antarctic trades at Kosrae.
Source: MicSem ship list: Kosrae
Morrell’s Antarctic repels an attack at Nukuoro, about 20 islanders killed or wounded; Morrell’s accounts are considered unreliable.
Beachcomber James O’Connell begins a stay on Pohnpei, dated 1830–1833 in Lévesque’s collection.
The John Bull logs ten desertions at Kosrae.
Source: Hezel, Beachcombers
1831
The Kent (William Lawton) trades with Chuukese eager for iron hoop and quick to quarrel.
Source: MicSem ship list: Chuuk
1832
Capt. J. H. Eagleston of the barque Peru sights Pohnpei, already charted as “Ascension Island.”
Source: Wikipedia, Pohnpei
Chuukese board the Peru to trade and are frightened by its hogs.
The whaling bark Australian takes on wood and water; about ten men desert.
The Planter sights Pohnpei and names it “William the Fourth Group.”
Source: MicSem ship list: Pohnpei
Plain lists by era
Each of the ten eras as one simple page that works without JavaScript and prints cleanly.
- 1820s–1886The contact era210 events, as a plain list
- 1886–1899Spanish rule92 events, as a plain list
- 1899–1914German rule105 events, as a plain list
- 1914–1941Japanese rule107 events, as a plain list
- 1941–1945World War II50 events, as a plain list
- 1945–1979The Trust Territory133 events, as a plain list
- 1965–1979Road to nationhood63 events, as a plain list
- 1982–2026Free association395 events, as a plain list
- 1979–2026Politics and society since 1979417 events, as a plain list
- 2023–2026Recent years78 events, as a plain list