Year (A.D.)
|
Event
|
400 - 500
|
First Polynesians
Arrive
|
1000
|
Tahitians
Arrive
|
1060
|
Tahitian priest
Pa'ao installs prince Pili as ruling chief; Pili founds dynasty leading to Kamehameha
|
| 1778 |
Captain Cook
lands on Kauai
|
| 1779 |
Captain Cook
arrives at Kealakekua Bay on the Big Island
|
| 1779 |
Captain Cook
killed by Hawaiians
|
| 1782 |
Chief
Kalaniopu'u dies, naming his son Kiwala'o as his successor and placing his nephew Kamehameha in
charge of war
|
| 1795 |
Kamehameha
controls Hawaiian islands, except Kauai
|
| 1809 |
Kamehameha
gains control of Kauai, uniting all the Hawaiian islands as a single kingdom
|
| 1819 |
Kamehameha dies
|
1819
|
Kamehameha's son
Liholiho (Kamehameha II) becomes King
|
| 1819 |
Kapu broken by
Kamehameha's favorite wife, Ka'ahumanu
|
| 1819 |
Battle over kapu
system
|
| 1819 |
Kapu system
abandoned
|
| 1820 |
Missionaries arrive
from New England
|
| 1820 |
Whalers from
Massachusetts begin using Lahaina and Honolulu as ports
|
| 1820 |
Sandalwood trade
booming
|
| 1824 |
King Liholiho and
Queen Kamamalu die while visiting England
|
| 1824 |
Kauikeaouli
(Kamehameha III), Kamehameha's last living son, becomes King
|
| 1825 |
Sandalwood trade
declines
|
| 1830 |
Ka?ahumanu bans
public performances of the hula
|
| 1832 |
Ka?ahumanu dies
|
| 1834 |
Majority of
Hawaiians now literate
|
| 1835 |
The first large
commercial sugar plantation begins operations
|
| 1840 |
The Kingdom of
Hawaii Constitution institutes Western-style government and strengthens foreigners, legal
rights
|
| 1848 |
The California gold
rush boosts the sugar industry
|
| 1848 |
The Great Mahele
Act establishes private land ownership
|
| 1849 |
Treaty creates most
favored nation status between United States and Hawaii
|
| 1850 |
Right to buy land
is granted to foreigners
|
| 1850 - 1859 |
Whaling industry
hits its peak; then bottoms out due to the discovery of oil
|
| 1852 |
First Chinese
workers arrive for plantation labor
|
| 1854 |
King Kauikeaouli
dies
|
| 1854 |
Alexander Liholiho
(Kamehameha IV) ascends the throne
|
| 1861 |
U.S. Civil War
increases demand for Hawaiian sugar
|
| 1863 |
King Alexander
Liholiho dies, leaving the throne to Lot (Kamehameha V)
|
| 1864 |
King Lot creates a
new Constitution to restore more power to the monarchy
|
| 1868 |
First Japanese
workers arrive
|
1872
|
King Lot dies
|
| 1873 |
William Lunalilo
elected King by the Hawaiian Legislature
|
| 1874 |
King Lunalilo
dies
|
| 1874 |
David Kalakaua
elected King by the Hawaiian Legislature
|
| 1874 |
The American
Reciprocity Act grants the U.S. use of Pearl Harbor and lifts U.S. tax on Hawaiian sugar
|
| 1878 |
Portuguese workers
begin arriving
|
| 1886 |
Japanese government
encourages workers to migrate to Hawaii en masse
|
| 1887 |
The Hawaiian League
forces King Kalakaua to sign the Bayonet Constitution, reducing him to a figurehead
|
| 1891 |
King Kalakaua dies
during a trip to San Francisco, California
|
| 1891 |
Kalakaua's sister
Liliuokalani succeeds him to the throne
|
| 1892 |
Queen Liliuokalani and the
Legislature battle over her Cabinet appointments
|
| 1893 |
Queen Liliuokalani announces she has a
new Constitution prepared
|
| 1893 |
Committee of Safety formed
to overthrow Queen Liliuokalani
|
| 1893 |
With the assistance of U.S. Marines, the
Committee of Safety forces Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate
|
1893
|
Provisional government
requests annexation to U.S.
|
| 1893 |
President Harrison
officially recognizes Hawaii's new government as legitimate/a>
|
| 1893 |
Newly inaugurated
President Cleveland orders investigation into Queen Liliuokalani's overthrow
|
| 1893 |
President Cleveland
attempts to restore Queen Liliuokalani to her throne
|
| 1894 |
Provisional government
becomes the Republic of Hawaii
|
| 1895 |
Plans for revolt by
Liliuokalani's supporters squashed by police
|
| 1897 |
William McKinley
inaugurated as President
|
| 1897 |
Annexation treaty introduced to
Congress
|
| 1897 |
Liliuokalani sends written protest to
annexation treaty
|
| 1898 |
Hawaii becomes a U.S.
territory
|
| 1900 |
Organic Act establishes
territorial government
|
| 1900 |
Pineapple plantations begin to thrive
|
| 1902 |
Prince Jonah Kuhio first
elected as Hawaii's Delegate to U.S. Congress
|
| 1900 - 1908 |
Large numbers of immigrants
come to Hawaii to work, including Japanese, Koreans, Portuguese, Puerto Ricans, and Filipinos
|
| 1908 |
Gentleman's Agreement between U.S. and
Japan attempts to greatly limit Japanese immigrants
|
| 1921 |
Hawaiian Homes Commission Act attempts to
restore some land to native Hawaiians
|
| 1924 |
Strike by Filipino workers turns into a
deadly riot
|
| 1924 |
U.S. Immigration Act ends most Asian
immigration to U.S., including Hawaii
|
| 1935 |
National Labor Relations
Act paves the way for successful strikes
|
| 1938 |
Hilo Massacre
|
| 1941 |
Pearl Harbor bombed by
Japan
|
| 1941 |
Martial law declared in
Hawaii
|
| 1942 |
Japanese Americans in
Hawaii's National Guard reformed as the 100th Battalion
|
| 1943 |
442nd Infantry formed
from Japanese Americans, including many from Hawaii
|
| 1945 |
World War II ends, normalcy
restored in Hawaii
|
| 1946 |
Hawaii Visitors Bureau
begins heavily promoting travel to the islands
|
| 1947 |
Hawaii Statehood Commission
founded
|
| 1949 |
Massive strike against the
Matson Line stops all Hawaiian imports and exports for six months
|
| 1952 |
The Immigration and
Naturalization Law allows Hawaii's large alien resident population to seek citizenship
|
| 1954 |
Democrats sweep territorial elections
|
| 1956 |
First harvest of
commercially grown macadamia nuts
|
| 1956 |
Tourism and construction
industries booming
|
| 1959 |
Martin Denny hits number
one on the national Billboard Hot 100 chart
|
| 1959 |
Hawaii becomes the 50th state in the
United States
|
| 1959 |
Daniel Inouye elected
to Hawaii's seat in the House of Representatives
|
| 1960 |
Jet travel greatly
increases the number of visitors to the islands
|
| 1970s |
Revival of interest in
native Hawaiian culture
|
| 1978 |
Office of Hawaiian
Affairs created
|
| 1980s |
Sovereignty movement
gains momentum
|
| 1990s |
Film and t.v.
production increases dramatically
|
| 1990s |
Numerous closures of
sugar and pineapple plantations
|
| 1993 |
President Clinton
passes law apologizing for the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy
|
2000
|
"Akaka Bill" first
introduced to Congress
|
| 2001 |
September 11 terrorist attacks cause a
temporary decline in tourism
|
| 2006 |
Akaka Bill doesn't pass
cloture vote
|
