|
300-600
A.D
|
Hawaiians |
| before 1778 |
Spanish? |
| 1778 |
Western
Contact (Captain Cook);
Written
Sources begin at this time. (Before 1778, things
were passed down through Oral Tradition.)
|
| 1778-1820 |
Merchants, Whalers and American
Missionaries arrive
|
| 1795 |
Kamehameha I becomes King
|
| 1819 |
Kamehameha I dies; Kamehameha II becomes King
|
| 1822 |
Printing Begins |
| 1824 |
Kamehameha II dies; Kamehameha III becomes
King |
| 1834 |
Newspapers Begin |
| 1848 |
The Great Mahele is signed by the King,
which has to do with land ownership |
| 1852 |
Chinese arrive in groups |
| 1854 |
Kamehameha III dies; Kamehameha IV becomes
King |
| 1863 |
Kamehameha IV dies; Kamehameha V becomes
King |
| 1868 |
Japanese arrive in groups |
| 1872 |
Kamehameha V dies; William Lunalilo
confirmed as King of Hawaii by the Hawaiian Legislature
after an informal popular vote. |
| 1874 |
King Lunalilo dies; David Kalakaua is
elected King |
| 1878 |
Portuguese arrive in groups |
| 1881 |
Germans arrive in groups |
| 1891 |
King Kalakaua dies; Lili'uokalani becomes
Queen |
| 1893 |
Queen Liliuokalani surrendered the kingdom
to the United States under protest |
| July 7, 1898 |
Hawaii is annexed to the United States |
| 1900 |
Hawaii
becomes a United States Territory
Okinawans and Puerto Ricans arrive in
groups
|
| 1903 |
Koreans arrive in groups |
| 1906 |
Filipinos arrive in groups |
| 1959 |
Hawaii becomes the United States' 50th
state |
