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  1. 1828
    Medical missionary arrives in Hawai‘i
    Dr. Gerritt P. Judd, a medical missionary, arrives in the Hawaiian Islands, intending to treat Native ...
  2. 1826
    Mosquitoes arrive in Hawai‘i
    European and American ships carry the first mosquitoes to Hawai‘i, where there are no blood-sucking ...
  3. 1824–26
    Pulmonary epidemic hits Hawai‘i
    An epidemic that is suspected to be whooping cough kills thousands of Native Hawaiians. ... Whooping cough, ...
  4. 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 ...
  5. 1823
    Leprosy is suspected in Hawai‘i
    Native Hawaiians report that a mysterious disease has arrived in their islands from China, brought by ...
  6. 1820s
    Commercial agriculture and whaling transform Hawai‘i
    As foreign agricultural businesses gain control of more of the Hawaiian Islands, converting land for ...
  7. 1820
    Protestant missionaries begin teaching in Hawai‘i
    Queen Ka‘ahumanu, who in 1819 publicly overthrew kapu (taboos governing all aspects of Native Hawaiian ...
  8. 1819
    Hawaiian queen lifts kapu, or taboos
    Before the arrival of Europeans in the 18th century, an extensive system of taboos, or kapu , regulates ...
  9. 1815
    Cattle ranching comes to the Big Island of Hawai‘i
    John Parker, who had jumped ship as a young sailor a few years earlier, finds favor with King Kamehameha. ...
  10. 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 ...
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