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Levuka

Levuka, on the east coast of Ovalau, grew from the 1820s into a port town where American and European traders settled beside Fijian villages. Ratu Seru Cakobau was crowned King of Fiji here in 1871, and at nearby Nasova he and other chiefs signed the Deed of Cession to Britain in 1874. It was the first colonial capital until the government moved to Suva, and its 19th-century waterfront is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1820 CE disputed
  traders begin settling at the port from about the 1820s (early 19th c.) source
• 1858 CE mainstream
  Marist priests found a Catholic mission source
• 1871 CE mainstream
  Cakobau crowned King of Fiji at Levuka source
• 1874 CE mainstream
  Deed of Cession signed at Nasova on 10 October; Levuka becomes colonial capital source
• 1882 CE mainstream
  capital officially moved to Suva source
• 2013 CE mainstream
  inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site source

Where

17.6840° S, 178.8401° E

Sources

• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1399/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levuka

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