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1779 Future Hawaiian king meets British explorer Kamehameha, the 25-year-old future monarch of Hawai‘i and nephew of King Kalani‘opu‘u of the Big Island of Hawai‘i and part of Maui, is present when the ... |
1804 Epidemic strikes Kamehameha’s warriors on O‘ahu Hawai‘i |
1806–07 Famine devastates the Hawaiian islanders of Maui Hawai‘i |
1810 Kamehameha I unifies the Hawaiian Islands ... the former king of the Big Island of Hawai‘i and part of Maui. For the first time, ... Hawai‘i |
1815 Cattle ranching comes to the Big Island of Hawai‘i ... known as Kamuela) on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, was founded in 1847. ... Hawai‘i |
1819 Hawaiian queen lifts kapu, or taboos Heiau (temple) at Kealakekua Bay, Hawai‘i, 1782. Engraved by W. Walker based on an illustration by William Ellis. Ellis, an English missionary and naturalist, traveled on the ... |
1820s Commercial agriculture and whaling transform Hawai‘i ... Hawaiians are displaced. European and American whalers use Hawai‘i as their base and play a major role ... |
1820 Protestant missionaries begin teaching in Hawai‘i Hawai‘i |
1823 Leprosy is suspected in Hawai‘i Hawai‘i |
1824 Kamehameha II dies at 27 of measles King Kamehameha II and Queen Kamamalu of Hawai‘i sail to London to seek an audience with King George IV to negotiate an alliance. After a ceremonial visit to the Royal Military ... |