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21 Aug 1526               Spanish Capt. Toribio Alonso de Salazar(d. 1526),
                            commanding the shipSanta Mariade la Victoria,
                            sighted an island (probablyTaongi) that he names
                           San Bartolome.
 1 Jan 1528               Rongelap-Ailinginae atolls, are sighted by Spanish
                            Capt. Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón (d. 1529) and
                            jointly charted as theIslas de los Reyes
                            ("Islands of the Three Kings").
21 Sep 1529               Saavedra Cerón (s.a.) sights Ujelang Atoll, charted
                            asLos Pintados ("The Painted Ones").
 1 Oct 1529               Saavedra Cerón(s.a.)sights Enewetak Atoll, that
                            is namedLos Jardines ("The Gardens").
 8 Jan 1530               Spanish explorer Miguel López de Legazpi (b. 1502 -
                            d. 1572) sighted an island possiblyMejit, named
                           Los Barbudos. On 10 Jan 1530 the Spaniards sight
                            another island that they name "Placeres", perhaps
                            Ailuk;andthey sighted another island that they
                           called "Pajares" (perhaps Jemo).
30 Jun 1788               Re-discovered by British Capt. John Marshall
                            (b. 1748 - d. 1819), later the islands are named
                            the Marshall Islands after him.
May 1816                  First visit by Russian Capt. Otto von Kotzebue
                            (b. 1787 - d. 1846), sights Utirik and Taka atolls
                            in the RatakIslands.
Jan 1817 - Mar 1817       Second visit by von Kotzebue (s.a.), sighting Maidi,
                            Wotje, Otdia, Erikub, Aur, Ailuk and Likiep atolls
1874                      Spain reasserts its claims to the islands, but
                            does begin settlement (Islas Marshall).
18 Nov 1878               Treaty of Friendship signed by the chiefs of the
                            Ralik islands granting Germany exclusive use
                            of Jaluit harbor.
15 Oct 1885               Marshall Islands (Marshallinseln) are annexed by
                            Germany by flag raising on Insel-Jaluit.
13 Sep 1886               German protectorate formally declared
                            (Kaiserliches Kommissariat Marshallinseln). 
21 Jan 1888 - 1 Apr 1906  Administered byJaluit-Gesellschaft (Jaluit Company)
                            (asKaiserliches KommissariatJaluit; from 1893,
                           LandeshauptmannschaftMarshall-inseln).
12 Feb 1899               Spain agrees sells the Caroline Islands (including
                            Marshall Islands) to Germany (confirmed by 30 Jun
                            1899 Treaty).
 1 Apr 1906               Part of German New Guinea (seePapua New Guinea)
                            (Bezirksamt Jaluit [from 1911 Station Jaluit],
                            subordinated to district officer inCaroline Is.])
 3 Oct 1914               Japanese occupation (Eniwetok on 30 Sep 1914 and
                           Jaluit on 3 Oct 1914).
 3 Oct 1914 -  1 Apr 1922 Japanese military (naval) administration, from Jul
                            1918, with civil administration department
                            subordinate under the navy. In Dec 1914, Yarūto
                            (Jaluit) district created (from the Marshall
                            Islands east of 164 E; the islands west of 164 E,
                            Eniwetok and Ujelang Atolls are part of thePonape
                            district [seeMicronesia]).
28 Jun 1919               Germany formally renounces claim to the islands by
                            the Treaty of Versailles.
17 Dec 1920               Part of League of Nations mandate of Japan (South
                            Seas Islands [Nan'yō Chō Guntō])(see underPalau).
 1 Apr 1922               Part of the South Seas Government (Nan'yō Chō)
                            (see underPalau).
26 Mar 1935               Japan declares that the mandated islands are an
                            "integral part of the Japanese Empire" as it exits
                            the League of Nations.
Dec 1941                  Martial law declared.
 5 Nov 1943               Re-organization, the Yarūto (Jaluit) district
                            becomes part of the Eastern Area (Jaluit,Truk,
                            and Ponape) with headquarters at Truk (see
                            underMicronesia).
20 Feb 1944               U.S. occupation (seeMicronesia)(from 2 Feb 1944
                            on Kwajalein,on Eniwetok 20 Feb 1944, Majuro 
                            on 1 Mar 1944, Bikini on 29 Mar 1944).
Mar 1944 - 30 Jun 1951    U.S. Navy military administration.
18 Jul 1947              Marshall Islands District of the United Nations
                            Trust Territory of the PacificIslands
                            (seeMicronesia)(Marshall Islands District).
 1 Jul 1951 - 30 Apr 1979 Administered by the U.S. Department of Interior.
30 Jul 1977               Marshall Islands district votes in referendum to be
                            separated from Micronesia - 4,763 yes to 2,871 no.
 1 May 1979               Autonomy (Marshall Islands [Aelōn inṂajeḷ]).
12 Mar 1982               Republic of the Marshall Islands (Aolepān Aorōkin
                            Ṃajeḷ)(style confirmed by Constitutional Amendment
                            effective 14 Feb 1991, retroactive to 1 May 1979).
21 Oct 1986               Compact of Free Association with the U.S. effective,                             exists the Trust Territory.
10 Jul 1987               Trust territory dissolved.
22 Dec 1990               Final independence (Security Council ratifies
                            termination of trusteeship).
27 Jan 2025               National Marine Sanctuary declared over 48,000
                            square kilometres (18,500 square miles) around
                            the atolls of Bikar and Bokak.