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  1. AD 1200
    Tahitian settlers in Hawai‘i set up social classes
    Led by chief-priest Pa‘ao, Tahitian settlers in the Hawaiian Islands set up a stratified society of ...
  2. 1758
    The first Hawaiian monarch is born
    Kamehameha is born to Chief Keouakupuapaikalaninui and Chiefess Keku‘iapoiwa. In 1810 he will become ...
  3. 1810
    Kamehameha I unifies the Hawaiian Islands
    King Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great, is the nephew of Kalani‘opu‘u, the former king ...
  4. 1819
    Hawaiian queen lifts kapu, or taboos
    Before the arrival of Europeans in the 18th century, an extensive system of taboos, or kapu , regulates ...
  5. 1820
    Protestant missionaries begin teaching in Hawai‘i
    Queen Ka‘ahumanu, who in 1819 publicly overthrew kapu (taboos governing all aspects of Native Hawaiian ...
  6. 1831
    Ka‘ahumanu orders Catholic missionaries out of Hawai‘i
    Queen Ka‘ahumanu forces Catholic missionaries to leave or be imprisoned. Ka‘ahumanu, who has fought ...
  7. 1840
    Hawaiian Constitution established
    Kamehameha III, along with the Council of Chiefs and a group of Western advisors, establishes Hawai‘ ...
  8. 1843
    Hawai‘i’s independence recognized
    Great Britain and France sign a reciprocal agreement in which both nations formally recognize the independence ...
  9. 1859
    Queen’s Hospital established to protect ‘Hawaiian race’
    King Kamehameha IV and Queen Emma are concerned about the decline of the Native Hawaiian population ...
  10. 1884
    Hawaiian children promised education
    Bernice Pauahi Bishop establishes the second Ali‘i Trust upon her death in October. Pauahi, the great- ...
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