I have changed them to italics for the sake of legibility. French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville visits the island which bears his name.
Japan occupies Bougainville.
U.S. Marines land on Bougainville. In 1964 an Australian administrator tells local people they would get nothing from the mine. The Agreement is re-negotiated in November 1974. Francis Ona leads a raid on BCL's armory, stealing explosives and destroying installations. State of emergency in Bougainville declared.