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When did the Gilbert Islands become a British protectorate?
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The Gilbert Islands were proclaimed a British protectorate in 1892, when Capt. E.H.M. Davis formally declared the status.123
Following this, the islands were later incorporated into the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in 1916. The islands eventually achieved independence as the Republic of Kiribati in 1979.13