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On January 16, 1893. 162 armed sailors and Marines aboard the USS Boston in Honolulu Harbor came ashore under orders of neutrality.
 Hawaii Timeline History
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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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