Hawai'i

First Polynesian arrive in Hawai'i

Period: 200 to 500

Most polonaises that where settling in Hawaii where migrated from northwest from the Marquesas Islands between the 4th and 7th centuries

King Kamehameha is born

Period: 1734 to 1734

He was born in 1734

Captain Cook anchors in Waimea Bay

Period: 1778 to 1778

Off the island of Kaua'i

Kamehameha completes his conquest of Hawai'i's main islands

Period: 1810 to 1810

First Protestant missionaries arrive from New England

Period: 1820 to 1820

King Kalakaua III grants the Kingdom of Hawai'i's first constitution

Period: 1840 to 1840

The capital of the Hawai'ian Kingdom is moved to Honolulu

Period: 1845 to 1845

The Royal Hawai'ian Band is organized

Period: 1870 to 1870

King Kalakaua grants the United States exclusive rights to use Pearl Harbor as a naval base

Period: 1887 to 1887

Queen Lili'uokalani is deposed by an American-led coup

Period: 1893 to 1893

The independent Republic of Hawai'i is formed

Period: 1894 to 1894

The United States annexes Hawai'i

Period: 1898 to 1898

First transpacific telegraph cable links California and Hawai'i

Period: 1902 to 1902

First airplane flight is made from the United States to Hawai'i

Period: 1927 to 1927

Japanese fighter planes bomb Pearl Harbor; the United States enters World war II

Period: 1941 to 1941

Hawai'i enters the Union as the 50th state

Period: 1959 to 1959

Hawai'i's fist native Hawai'ian governor, John Waihe'e, is elected

Period: 1986 to 1986

President Bill Clinton and Congress apologize to Hawai'i on the 100th anniversary of the overthrow of Queen Lili'uokalani

Period: 1993 to 1993

Hawai'i enters the 21st century!!

Period: 2001 to 2001