13 May - Nauru holds its first citizenship ceremony, in which 35 people gain Nauruan citizenship.[3]
27 May - Parliament passes a bill replacing their criminal code, and in doing so decriminalises homosexuality and suicide, and outlaws marital rape, among several other things.[4]
10 July - MP Roland Kun flees Nauru to New Zealand after alleged involvement in capital protest in 2015.[6]
11 July - The parliamentary election in the Aiwo Constituency are held, following a legal dispute, resulting in the elections of Milton Dube and Aaron Cook.[7]
13 July - Cyril Buraman is elected speaker by the parliament.[7]
15 July - The new cabinet of Nauru is sworn in.[8]
27 July - President Tsai Ing-wen receives ambassador from Nauru to Taiwan Chitra Jeremaih.[9]
12 November - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces that Australia and the United States have made a one-off resettlement agreement regarding refugees held in Nauru and Manus Island.[10]
