Hawaiian History By oliviaensey 250 Polynesians Arrived in Hawaii Jan 1, 1810 King Kamehameha Unites Islands Jan 1, 1820 First Missionaries Arrived in Hawaii Jan 1, 1848 People Allowed to Buy Property in Hawaii Jan 1, 1893 Queen Placed Under House Arrest Jan 1, 1900 Hawaii is Officially a Territory of the U.S. Jan 1, 1917 Queen Lili'oukalani Died Jan 1, 1941 Pearl Harbor Gets Attacked Jan 1, 1959 Hawaii Officially a State in the U.S. Jan 1, 1993 The U.S. Apologizes for the Illegal Takeover