Events in Hawaiian History. 



IN FORNANDER'S manuscript the genealogical tables given above are followed by 

 "Events in Hawaiian History," which listed iniix)rtant events from 1527 to 1887. 

 This was published as a supplement to Hitchcock's Hawaiian Dictionary, which 



appeared in 1887. Hawaiian events since 1887, also comments on occurrences before that 



date, are recorded in various numbers of Thrum's Hawaiian Almanac and Annnal. See 



especially issues for 1876 and 1809. 



The original list lacks the following significant events, which have been supplied 



by the editor: 



1782 — December. Death of Kanekoa, son of Kalanikeeaulumuku. 



1783 — March. Great eruption of Kilauea. 



1784 — Marriage of Kamehameha with Kaahumanu. 



1801 — Eruption of Hualalai, its last. 



i8oy — Death of Keliimaikai, brother of Kamehameha I. 



i8og — Kanihonui strangled by order of Kamehameha I. 



1818. — May 20. Arrival at Hawaii of Spanish pirates, corvette Santa Rosa, of Pro- 

 visional Government of Buenos Ayres, in charge of mutineers; captured in 

 September by arrival of the Argentine. Cajitain Bouchard. 



1822— May I. Rev. \\\ Ellis lirst visits the islands. 



1826 — December 2,^. I-^irst treaty with the United States, signed. 



1828 — May 20. Birth of David Kamehameha, eldest son of Ivinau and M. Kekuanaoa. 

 Died December 15, 1835. 



1830 — December 11. Birth of Lot Kamehameha, son of Kinau and Kekuanaoa. 



1832 — January 31. Birth of W. C. Lunalilo, son of Kekauluohi and C. Kanaina. 



1832 — First census of the islands taken; population 130,313. 



1832 — December 2t,. Arrival of Japanese junk at Waialua, Oahu. 



1834 — February 9. Birth of Alex. Liholiho, son of Kinau and M. Kekuanaoa. 



1836 — November 4. First English treaty (by Edward Russel), signed. 



1836 — November 16. Birth of David Kalakaua, son of Keohokalole and Ivapaakea. 



1846 — Oahu Temperance Society formed, J. F. B. Marshall, president. 



1859 — January 23. Eruption of Mauna Loa, with flow to the northwest. 



1866 — November 13. Death of high chief Kapaakea, father of Kalakaua. 



1868 — June 19. First Japanese immigrants (148) introduced per ship .S'r/o/o. 



1869 — April 6. Keohokalole, mother of Kalakaua, died. 



1871 — February 19. Severe earthquake at Honolulu and Lahaina. 



1887 — September 21. Death of Keliiahonui (Prince Edward), brother of Princes David 

 and Kuhio. 



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