1833: Taufa’ahau, (King George) gains authority over Vava’u, Tonga

Taufa’ahau, who named himself King George Tupou after the King George of England and Hanover, about whom he had heard so much from the missionaries, established his authority over Vava’u in 1833, and, after a series of wars, added Tongatapu to his conquests in 1852. Everywhere that King George Tupou went, the people converted to [...]