Country history · Oceania

History of Samoa

3 recorded states lay in what is now Samoa, from the Kingdom of Samoa (1873 CE). 4 outside powers ruled here.

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Empires that ruled here

Timeline

19th century

  1. Kingdom of Samoa1873 CE – 1899 CE · kingdom

20th century

  1. German Samoa1900 CE – 1914 CE · colony
  2. Territory of Western Samoa1914 CE – 1962 CE · colony

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Shared histories

States that also lay in other present-day countries:

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Samoa. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/samoa
MLA
“History of Samoa.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/samoa. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “History of Samoa.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/samoa.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Samoa’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/samoa (Accessed: ).