Historical outline of Guam

Historical outline of Guam

The following is an outline of the history of the United States Territory of Guam with internal links to relevant Wikipedia articles.

Outline

*History of Guam
**Indigenous peoples
***Chamorro people
**First European contact, 1521
***Three Spanish ships under the command of Ferdinand Magellan land on Guam after an eleven week voyage across the Pacific Ocean, 1521-03-06. Magellan names the archipelago "Las Isles de las Velas Latinas" (The Islands of the Latine Sails). When the Spaniards refuse to pay for supplies, natives remove iron from the ships. Magellan renames the archipelago "Las Islas de los Ladrones" (The Islands of the Thieves).
**Spanish East Indies, 1565-(1668-1898)-1899
***Diego Luis de San Vitores renames the Chamorro archipelago "Islas Marianas" in honor of his patroness, Queen Mariana of Austria, 1668
**Spanish-American War, 1898-04-23-1898-08-12
***Spanish Empire declares war on the United States, 1898-04-23
***United States capture of Guam, 1898-06-20-1898-06-21
***Treaty of Paris, 1898-12-10
**United States Territory of Guam, since 1898-12-10
***World War II, 1939-1945
****Battle of Guam of 1941
****Battle of Guam of 1944
***Guam Organic Act, 1950-08-01

ee also

*Territory of Guam
**List of Guam-related topics
***History of Guam
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