Tui Tonga Empire

State · 950–1865 CE · at its largest around 950 CE

Maritime chiefdom ruled by the sacred Tui Tonga from Tongatapu, whose influence at its height reached Samoa, Uvea and Futuna; later power passed to the Tui Kanokupolu line.

On its lands while it lasted

Tui Tonga Empire (c. 950 CE): Line of sacred Tongan paramount chiefs said to begin around 950, whose influence spread across much of western Polynesia by the 12th and 13th centuries.
Haamonga a Maui (c. 1200 CE): Coral limestone trilithon on Tongatapu attributed to the Tui Tonga Tuitatui, built around 1200.
Mutiny on the Bounty (1789 CE): Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against William Bligh near Tofua on 28 April 1789; some mutineers later settled on Pitcairn Island with Tahitian companions.