Hawaii Through Time By Kodalicious Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 2014 History of Hawaii Jan 29, 1776 13 colonies declare independence from England;Revolutionary War begins Jan 28, 1778 James Cook Discovers Hawaii Jan 28, 1810 King Kamehamha Unites All the Islands as the Kingdom of Hawaii Jan 29, 1816 Hawaii State Flag Adopted Jan 28, 1820 The First Protestant Missionaries Arrive in Hawaii Jan 29, 1840 Hawaiians Write Their Own Constitution Jan 28, 1860 Sugar Plantations Become Big Business on the Islands Jan 29, 1861 The U.S. Civil War begins Jan 28, 1874 King David Kalakaua is the First Ruling Monarch to Visit the United States Jan 28, 1893 The Republic of Hawaii is Established Jan 28, 1898 Hawaii Becomes a Possesion of the United States Jan 29, 1903 First successful flight;Wright brothers;Kitty Hawk North Carolina Jan 28, 1941 Pearl Harbor is Attacked by Japenese Bombers Jan 29, 1941 American TV broadcasting begins Jan 29, 1959 Hawaii becomes the 50th State of America Jan 29, 1969 First man lands on the moon Jan 29, 1993 President Bill Clinton Signs the Apology Resolution, Apologizing for the U.S. Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii Jan 29, 2001 Terrorists attack in NYC and Washington D.C. (9/11)
