Hawaii Timeline

By Alec.Breitkreutz.chs
  • First People Arrive
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    First People Arrive

    Polynesians arrive by outrigger canoe from Tahiti.
  • Trade and Sevice Orginization

    Trade and Sevice Orginization

    James Honnewell establishes C. Brewer & Co. Ltd. trade and service organization
  • Honolulu Police Department

    Honolulu Police Department

    King Kamehameha III founds first police department in Honolulu
  • Royal Hawaiian Band

    Royal Hawaiian Band

    Organization of the Royal Hawaiian Band
  • First Hawaiian Constitution

    First Hawaiian Constitution

    The first real constitution in Hawaii was created
  • Washington Place

    Washington Place

    Construction of Washington Place (now governor's residence) is completed
  • Technological Advances

    Technological Advances

    First steam-propelled ship is used in interisland service
  • Gas Company

    Gas Company

    Honolulu Gas Company is established
  • First Telephone

    First Telephone

    First telephone is in operation, two years after Alexander Graham Bell's patent
  • Becomes a territory

    Becomes a territory

    Hawaii becomes a U.S. territory
  • First President Goes to Hawaii

    First President Goes to Hawaii

    President Roosevelt was the first U.S. President to visit Hawaii
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    When World War II began in 1939, the United States chose to stay out of the war. After the historic Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and Oahu on Dec. 7, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan and entered World War II.
  • Hosue of Representatives

    Hosue of Representatives

    First House of Representatives is called to order
  • Large Epidemic

    Large Epidemic

    Smallpox epidemic takes the lives of over 5,000 Hawaiians
  • Huge Hurricane hits Hawaii

    Huge Hurricane hits Hawaii

    Hurricane Iwa causes about $312 million in damages
  • Immigration

    Immigration

    Inflow of people starts to slow down