Hawai'i Vs. World History Timeline

Hawai‘i vs. World History Timeline 1834 The first Hawaiian 1819 newspaper in the 1778 Hawaiian language, Captain James Kamehameha I Ka Lama Hawai‘i, is dies Cook makes run off Lanainaluna landfall in Hawai‘i Seminary Press 1845 1810 Capitol 1792 Chief Kaumuali‘i moves to cedes Kaua‘i to 1820 1842 Honolulu Kamehameha I 1795 Kamehameha I, Lahaina becomes the The U.S. recognizes the unifies Maui, Kamehameha I is unifying the capitol of the Kingdom Kingdom of Hawai‘i Moloka‘i, and victorious in unifying Hawaiian Islands of Hawai‘i Lāna‘i at ‘Īao O‘ahu in the Battle of Nu‘uanu under a single Also, the first American leader missionaries arrive

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1789 U.S. Constitution is signed 1842 Hong Kong (China) 1825 1838 French Revolution begins, becomes part of First steam Photography is ending absolute monarchy, the British colonial railway built invented feudalism and the power of empire in England 1781 aristocracy Steam engines 1807 1829 first used in 1776 Britain abolishes First major Europe the slave trade U.S. Declaration of 1803 railroad system in 1840 Independence is signed; Louisiana Purchase; U.S. Treaty of American Revolution US acquires the Waitangi (NZ) erupts territory from France

1866 The first leprosy 1851 patients are taken 1893 Queen Lili‘uokalani is 1921 The Honolulu to Kalawao on deposed by a provisional President Harding signs Fire Department Moloka‘i’s government the Hawaiian Homes is established Kalaupapa Peninsula 1882 Commissions Act 1859 ‘Iolani Palace is completed 1908 Gas lighting is 1916 The US passes 1852 introduced to 1875 1898 Hawai‘i Volcanoes The first a bill for the National Park is signed into 1928 Honolulu Reciprocity Treaty Hawai‘i is Chinese creation of a existence by President May 1 is with the U.S. is annexed to contract naval base at Woodrow Wilson designated signed by King the U.S. laborers arrive Pearl Harbor “Lei Day” in Kalākaua from China Hawai‘i

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1860 1898 1904 Abraham Lincoln 1862 Spanish‐ Panama elected as U.S. American India Canal opens President War occurs becomes an 1876 official British Telephone is 1889 1903 1914 1920 colony invented by 19th Amendment Eiffel Tower is The Wright World War I Alexander 1901 gives women the built in France Brothers begins 1868 Graham Bell First Nobel right to vote in U.S. as a symbol of Peace Prize accomplish the Meiji Restoration occurs in the Industrial is awarded first successful Japan; Tokugawa shogunate Revolution airplane flight 1918 1929 1861 ends and imperial rule is World U.S. Stock Market restored American 1893 Commonwealth of War I crashes on “Black Australia is created ends Friday;” the Great Civil War First car is built Depression begins breaks out by Henry Ford

1959 1986 1993 1941 Hawai‘i becomes John Waihe‘e III Apology Bill by the 50th state of is the first President Clinton U.S. Fleet at the U.S. Native Hawaiian acknowledges Pearl Harbor 2006 to be elected as illegal overthrow is attacked 1976 Papahānaumokuākea State Governor 100 years earlier The Polynesian Marine National 1961 Voyaging canoe Monument 1935 Haleakalā Hōkūle‘a makes (Northwestern 1954 National Park its journey back to Hawaiian Islands) is First 1978 1994 Japan Airlines is established Tahiti, signifying a designated commercial Hawaiian Kaho‘olawe is and QANTAS Hawaiian cultural transpacific language is returned to the Airways begin awakening made an official State from flight stops service to language, equal Federal control in Hawai‘i Honolulu to English

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1950 1989 2001 1939 Korean War 1961 Fall of the 1991 On September World begins Berlin Wall Berlin Wall Soviet Union 11, terrorists War II is built 1974 is dissolved destroy the begins Watergate World Trade scandal; U.S. Center 1968 President 1990 1933 Reunification Martin Luther Nixon resigns 1980 President of Germany King Jr. Is Mount St. Roosevelt’s assassinated Helens erupts 2008 “New Deal” 1969 Tim Berners‐ puts millions Barack Obama Neil Armstrong Lee creates the of Americans 1945 1949 1957 becomes the becomes the World Wide back to work World War Chairman Mao Space Age begins; first African‐ first man to step Web II ends founds the Soviet Union launches American U.S on the moon People’s Republic Sputnik I, world’s first President of China” artificial satellite