Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 15, Number 3, 1 March 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 ani- j mal life in the oeean and on land (Kumulipo genealogv). l.il'e forms evolve. man and woman ereated. gods enterge i Kumulipo genealogy). Hāloa, ancestor of the 1 lawaiian race. is honi. Earliest carbon-dated recording of civilization in Hawai'i. Migrations from Nukuhiwa (Marquesas). Migrations from Tahiti. Arrival of Pā'ao who introduced the Kū priest- j hood/worship and luakini heiau. Paiea Kamehameha son of Keoua and Keku'i'apoiwa, bom at Kokoiki, Kohala. First recorded haole (foreign) arrival 1 in Hawai'i: British Capt. James Cook. Introduction of foreign diseases trig- ■ gers massive native depopulaton. Kamehameha conquers O'ahu at Leleaka'anae, Nu'uanu. Centralized j Hawaiian government established. Ma'i 'ōku'u (cholera) epidemic. Thousands of Hawaiians die, population continues to plummet. Death of Kamehameha. 'Aikapu abolished, 'Ainoa established. American Calvinist missionaries arrive from New England. First sugar plantation established at Kōloa, Kaua'i. Kamehameha III proclaims constitution. Constitutional Monarchy estab- j lished. "Paulet Affair." Hawai'i's sovereignty | taken by British subject, Lord George \ Paulet. After five months, Hawai'i's | sovereignty is restored by a procla- i mation by British Admiral Thomas. I Kamehameha III proclaims, "Ua mau j ke ea o ka 'āina i ka pono." (The sov- j ereignty of the land continues in j righteousness). Māhele divides lands among j maka'āinana (citizenry), the govem- \ ment and the king. Foreign system | of private land ownership promoted j by foreigners. Reciprocity treaty allows Hawaiian sugar and nee into the United States duty-free. ln exchange, U.S. establishes a naval yard at Pu'uloa. King Kalākaua forced to sign "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 power to the throne. The "Annexation Club" comprised of non-native citizens and foreigners comes forward as the "Committee of Safety." American military troops land at Honolulu. Lili' uokalani abdicates the throne to avoid bloodshed. "Committee of Safety" immediately establishes a provisional government. "Wilcox Rebellion." Royalists attempt to restore monarchy. Queen Lili'uokalani is arrested by the foreign provisional govemment for treason. She is imprisoned in 'lolani 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. j president, Congress and people opposed to the proposed annexation of j Hawai'i to the United States. Hawai'i antiexed to the 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. Queen Lili'uokalani dies at Washington Plaee. I