...Tahuata are declared a protectorate of France…
1842 CE
Abel Aubert Dupetit-Thouars, made Rear-Admiral (French: Contre-amiral) on July 12 ,1841, in charge of the Pacific Naval Division, had been ordered to take possession of the Marquesas Islands.
In Tahiti, he had confronted Queen Pōmare IV, and the English missionary and Consul George Pritchard (1796–1883).
He has managed to expel Pritchard and establish a French protectorate over Tahiti and the Marguesas Islands, which continues as of 2018.
He will be initially denounced for his actions by the French government, which fears a conflict with Great Britain.
Relations between France and Great Britain will sour considerably during the reign of Louis-Philippe, due to this so-called "Pritchard Affair".
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