300 - 700:
Polynesian settlers
arrived from
Marquesas
1627: Spanish
sailors visited
Hawaii
1778: British
Captain, James Cook,
discovered Hawaiian
islands, named them
Sandwich Islands
1779: Captain
Cook killed at
Kealakekua
1780's: Many
Hawaiians killed by
disease brought by
European and U. S.
trading ships
1782: King
Kamehameha I gained
control in northern
Island of Hawaii;
began conquest of
other islands
1794: Hawaii
placed under
protectorate of
Great Britain
1795: King
Kamehameha I unified
Hawaii
1813: Spanish
advisor to King
Kamehameha, Don
Francisco de Paula y
Marin, introduced
coffee and pineapple
to Hawaii
1815: Attempt
by Russian soldiers
to build fort failed
1819: King
Kamehameha died; son
Liholiho became
Kemehameha II; he
abolished local
religion
1820:
Christian
missionaries arrived
1824: King
Kamehameha II died
in London
1825:
Kauikeaouli ascended
to throne as
Kamehameha III
1826: U. S.
and Hawaii entered
into treaty of
friendship, commerce
and navigation
1829: First
coffee planted in
Kona
1831:
Catholic
missionaries forced
to leave or be
imprisoned
1835: First
sugar plantation
established in Koloa
1839: Roman
Catholics received
religious freedom
1840: Hawaii
adopted first
constitution
1842: First
House of
Representatives met
1843: Lord
George Paulet seized
Hawaii for England;
Great Britain and
France agreed
Sandwich Islands
would be an
independent State
1846:
Construction of
Washington Place
governor's
residence: completed
1848:
Kamehameha III
divided land between
King, nobility and
commoners
1849:
Invasion attempt by
French Admiral
Legoarant de
Tromelin failed
1852: First
steam-propelled ship
used for
inter-island
service; first
Chinese contract
workers arrived
1853:
Smallpox epidemic
killed over 5,000
1854:
Kamehameha III died;
Alexander Liholiho
assumed throne as
Kamehameha IV
1863:
Kamehameha IV died;
Prince Lot Kapuaiwa
assumed throne as
Kamehameha V
1864: Samuel
Clemens Mark Twain:
sailed into Honolulu
Harbor
1868: First
Japanese contract
workers arrived
1872: King
Kamehameha V died
1873: William
Lunalilo elected
King
1874: Supreme
Court of Hawaii
moved to Ali'iolani;
King Lunalilo died;
David Kalakuau
became King
1878: First
telephone operated;
Portuguese arrived
from Azores
1879: First
locomotive operated
on Maui
1881:
Macadamia nuts
introduced to Hawaii
1885: First
pineapples were
planted
1886:
Electricity arrived
1891: King
Kalakaua died; Lydia
Kamaka'eha became
Queen Lili'uokalani
1893:
Monarchy overthrown
by government
ministers, planters
and businessmen
1894:
Republic of Hawaii
established
1900: Great
Chinatown Fire
occurred, over
$1,400,000 in
losses, 7,000
homeless; first
workers arrived from
Puerto Rico and
Okinawa; Hawaii
established as U. S.
Territory
1901: James
Drummond Dole
planted first
pineapples,
established Hawaiian
Pineapple Company
1910: First
airplane flight in
Hawaii occurred
1920: Hawaii
National Park
established by Act
of Congress
1924: Labor
riots at Hanapepe,
Kauai killed 16
workers and 4 police
1927:
"Outdoor Circle"
organization
established, banned
billboard
advertising
1934:
President Roosevelt
visited Hawaii
1935: First
trans-Pacific flight
from San Francisco
to Hawaii took 21
1/2 hours
1941:
Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor
1946: Great
tsunami struck Hilo,
killed over 100,
caused $25 million
in damages; 33 sugar
plantations were
struck by 28,000
workers
1947:
Pineapples workers
conducted first
strike
1950:
Eruption of Mauna
Loa destroyed
village of Ho'okena
mauka
1959: Hawaii
became 50th U. S.
state
1969:
Television series
"Hawaii Five-Oh'
began
1974: Workers
on sugar and
pineapple
plantations went on
strike
1982:
Hurricane Iwa caused
$312 million in
damages; destroyed
parts of Kauai and
Oahu
1990: Kilauea
erupted; destroyed
Kalapana
1991: Miss
Hawaii, Carolyn
Sapp, became first
Miss America from
Hawaii
1992:
Hurricane Iniki
struck Kauai; killed
four, caused $2
billion in damages
1995: Last
sugar plantation on
Island of Hawaii
closed
2000: U. S.
Supreme Court
declared restricting
voting in Office of
Hawaiian Affairs to
native Hawaiians
violated 15th
Amendment
2001: U. S.
submarine, Japanese
trawler collided,
nine killed; two
Army helicopters
crashed, six killed
2005:
Michelle Wie
finished fourth on
professional debut,
disqualified
2006:
Earthquake knocked
out power and
toppled rock walls;
pacific states held
tsunami test
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