User:KAVEBEAR/La guerre franco-tahitienne



The Franco-Tahitian War or French-Tahitian War, often referred to in France as the guerre franco-tahitienne (1844–1847), was a conflict between the Kingdom of the French and the Kingdom of Tahiti. Tahiti was aided by its allies in the Leeward Islands including Huahine, Bora Bora, and Raiatea, and European settlers including the Protestant missionaries. France was assisted by factions of Tahitian chiefs including Tati, chief of the Teva clan. There was extreme international pressure from Great Britain who had its stakes in the Pacific and considered the Society Islands under their jurisdiction. This episode in history would seal the fate of the Tahitians people and highlight the success of French colonial expansion in Polynesia.

Events
Bora Bora, ruled by Pomare's first husband King Tapoa II, stayed out of the conflict.

"On March 2, Papeete, the capital of Tahiti, was declared by D'Aubigny, a French officer temporarily in charge, to be "in a state of siege".

The war began in March 21, 1844 at Taravao and fighting officially ended on December 18, 1846 with the capture of Fort of Fautaua.

Tahitians in the Punaauia, Faaa and Teva I Uta districts rebelled against the French.

Queen Pomare IV flees to Raiatea.


 * 1838: French gunboat demands compensation
 * 1839: Britain rejects Tahitian request for a protectorate
 * 1842: French protectorate is declared over Tahiti and the Marquesas
 * 1842: Herman Melville visits French Polynesia
 * 1844: Mormon missionaries arrive on Tubuai, Austral Islands
 * 1844-1847: Tahitian War of Independence
 * 1847: Queen Pomare accepts French protectorate

Battle

 * 21 March 1844, near Afaahiti
 * 17 April 1844, Battle of Mahaena
 * 25 May 1846, Haapaianoo ou Papenoo, south of port town of Faaripo and North of Mt. Orohena
 * 29 June 1844, ?
 * ??, Battle around Mt. Taharaa Vallee de Tuaruru, Ahonu, Tapahi, Haapape ou Mahina
 * 20-22 March 1846, Nanuu Tarahoi, Pare, Valley of Fautaua, around Papeete
 * 29 June 1844, Faaa
 * 12 April 1847, Taputapuatea, Pte. Punaauia
 * ?, Battle around Manotahi, Te ara o Tahiti, in district of Punaauia
 * Battle of Punaruu


 * Destruction of Fare
 * Battle of Maeva