Rapa Nui - Timeline By warmloaf :3 300 Polynesians Arrived in Rapa Nui Period: 1200 to 1650 Moai Are Carved Period: 1500 to 1600 Birdman Cult Created the Competition for Tangata Manu Period: 1500 to 1760 The Birdman Cult Apr 5, 1722 English Arrived in Rapa Nui 1774 Captain James Cook Arrived in Rapa Nui Period: 1866 to 1867 Birdman Cult Stopped the Competition for Tangata Manu Period: 3000 to 1000 Mana Originated