1643 - Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to visit the islands. 1830s - Western Christian missionaries begin to arrive. 1840s-50s - Christian convert chief Cakobau gains control of ...

Members of a Fiji village believe they are cursed because their ancestors killed and ate a Christian missionary 136 years ago. SUVA, Fiji --An elaborate effort to lift a century-old curse on a ...

1874 - Fiji becomes a British crown colony at the request of Fijian chiefs. 1875-76 - Measles epidemic wipes out one-third of the Fijian population; British forces and Fijian chiefs suppress ...