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1627 - Spanish sailors visit Hawaii, describe volcanic eruption in ship's log
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1778 - Englishman James Cook of the British navy discovered Hawaii.
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1780's - Other European and US trading ships began to arrive on their way to China. Disease brought from other parts of the world killed many of the Hawaiians.
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1794 - Hawaii is placed under the protectorate of Great Britian by Vancouver
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1794 - Hawaii is placed under the protectorate of Great Britian by Vancouver
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1815 - Russian soldiers fail attempt to build a fort in Hawaii
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1859 - Honolulu Gas Company is established
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The Hawaiian Pineapple Company, now Dole, is establishedJames "Jim" Drummond Dole's first plants pineapple in Wahiawa's countryside1901 - Honolulu Rapid Transit's inaugural run of electric streetcars
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1995 - http://www.Hawaiian.com goes online with the message of Live Aloha!
