Spanish Marianas

Spanish Marianas was a colony in Micronesia (Oceania) that lasted from 1668 to 1898 CE, about 230 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

Jesuit missionaries and soldiers subdued the Chamorro in the Spanish-Chamorro Wars, and Guam became a stop for the Manila galleons. Spain lost Guam to the United States in 1898 and sold its other islands to Germany in 1899.

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Facts

Dates

1668 to 1898 CE

Duration

230 years

Type

Colony

Region

Micronesia, Oceania

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Hagåtña

Came from

• Latte period Chamorro c. 900 to 1668 CE

Became

• Guam (US territory) 1898 CE to the present

Events in Oceania during its time

• 1778 Cook reaches Hawaii
• 1788 First Fleet lands at Sydney Cove
• 1840 Treaty of Waitangi
• 1851 Australian gold rushes
• 1893 Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
• 1893 Women's suffrage in New Zealand

Neighbours in Oceania

• Tu'i Tonga Empire c. 950 to 1865 CE
• Colony of New South Wales 1788 to 1901 CE
• Kingdom of Hawaii 1795 to 1893 CE
• Colony of New Zealand 1841 to 1907 CE
• German New Guinea 1884 to 1914 CE
• French Polynesia 1842 CE to the present
• Kingdom of Tonga 1845 CE to the present
• French New Caledonia 1853 CE to the present
• Chilean Rapa Nui 1888 CE to the present
• Dutch New Guinea 1828 to 1962 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mali Empire c. 1235 to 1670 CE, North and West Africa
• Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 to 1767 CE, Southeast Asia

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