Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 6, 1 June 1998 — A HAWAIIAN HISTORICAL TIME LINE [ARTICLE]
A HAWAIIAN HISTORICAL TIME LINE
Po (darkness) Ao (light) lst century 500 - 750 1000-1150 1758 1778 1795 1804 1819 1820 1835 1840 1843 1848 1876 1887 1891 1893 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1917
Creation of the world, plant and animal life in the oeean and on land (Kuniulipo genealogy). Life forms evolve, man and woman created, gods einerge (Kumulipo genealogy). Hāloa, ancestor of the Hawaiian race, is bom. Earliest carbon-dated recording of civilization in Hawai'i. Migrations from Nukuhiwa (Marquesas). Migrations from Tahiti. Arrival of Pā'ao who introduced the Kū priesthood/worship and luakini heiau. Paiea Kamehameha son of Keoua and Keku'i'apoiwa, bom at Kokoiki, Kohala. First recorded haole (foreign) arrival in Hawai'i: British Capt. James Cook. lntroduction of foreign diseases triggers massive native depopulaton. Kamehameha conquers O'ahu at Leleaka'anae, Nu'uanu. Centralized Hawanan govemment estabhshed. Ma'i 'ōku'u (cholera) epidemic. Thousands of Hawaiians die, population continues to plummet. Death of Kamehameha. 'Aikapu abolished, 'Ainoa established. Ameiiean Calvinist missionaries arrive from New England. First sugar plantation established at Kōloa, Kaua'i. Kamehameha III proclaims constitution. Constitutional Monarchy established. "Paulet Affair." Hawai'i's sovereignty taken by British subjcct. Lord George Paulet. After five months, Hawai'i's sovereignty is restored by a proc!amation by British Admiral Thomas. Kamehameha III proclaims, "Ua mau ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono." (The sovereignty ol the laiul continucs in righteousness). Māhele divides lands among maka'āinana (citizenry), the govemment and the king. Foreign system of private land ownership promoted by foreigners. Reciprocity treaty allows Hawaiian sugar and rice into the United States duty-free. In exchange, U.S. establishes a naval yard at Pu'uloa. King Kalākaua forced to sigh ; "Bayonet Constitution" severely limiting the power of the monarch. King Kalākaua dies in San Francisco. Lili'uokalani becomes queen. Queen Lili'uokalani plans to promulgate a new constitution restoring the powcr to the thronc. ihe "Anncxation Club" comprised of non-native citizens and foreigners comes forward as thc "Committee of Safety." Ameiiean military troops land at Honolulu. Lili' uokalani abdicates the throne to avoid b!oodshed. "Committee of Safety" immediately establishes a provisional govemment. "Wilcox Rebellion." Royalists attempt to restore monarchy. Queen Lili'uokalani is arrested by the foreign provisional government for treason. She is imprisoned in 'Iolani Palaee. U.S. President Grover Cleveland admonishes provisional govemment for its unjust acts. Republic of Hawai'i bans Hawaiian language from all public and private schools. Native Hawaiians petition the U.S. ■ president, Ctaigress and people opposed to the proposed annexation of Hawai'i to the L'nited States. ; Hawai'i anncxed to thc United States under a bill signed by U.S. President William McKinley. Heir to the throne, Princess Victoria Ka'iulani, dies. "Organic Act" defines Hawai'i as a Territory of the United States. Quccn l.ili'uokalani dics at Washington Plaee.