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Estimated date when the Portuguese instrument Machete/Braguinha originated on the island of Madeira
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This is when a cat flea, or jumping flea, was given a name in the Hawaiian language, ukulele
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This is the date Manuel Nunes, Augusto Dias, and Jose de Espirito Santo arrived in Honolulu Harbor from Portugal
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This is when Dias quit working at the sugar plantation and started his own woodworking shop (and eventually instrument shop)
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Santo and Nunes soon follow Dias' example by opening their own shops
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The estimated date one of these woodworkers made an early version of the ukulele, with it's typical G-C-E-A fret pattern
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The estimated date the Taropatch was created, the ukulele's closest cousin. The Taropatch is a Rajao with the bottom string removed and with doubled strings
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The first introduction of the ukulele to the world at large
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's, famed ukuleleist, lifespan