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The history of Hawaii began with the discovery and settlement of the Hawaiian Islands by Polynesian people between 940 and 1200 AD. [1] [2]The first recorded and sustained contact with Europeans occurred by chance when British explorer James Cook sighted the islands in January 1778 during his third voyage of exploration.
The Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown in a coup d'état against Queen Liliʻuokalani that took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oahu.The coup was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents (five Americans, one Scotsman, and one German [6]) and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu.
The American Frontier in Hawaii: The Pioneers, 1789-1843. Stanford University Press. OCLC 4714376. Daws, Gavan (1968). Shoal of Time: A History of the Hawaiian Islands. Macmillan Inc. LCCN 68023630. OCLC 443050. Greenlee, John Wyatt (September 2015). "Eight Islands on Four Maps: The Cartographic Renegotiation of Hawai'i, 1876–1959 ...
The result was the multiculturalism of Hawaii and a wedge for Americans and Europeans to use in order to exert economic and political influence over Hawaii. Late 19th Century: S ugar success sets ...
The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place across the Spanish Empire in the early 19th century. The struggles in both hemispheres began shortly after the outbreak of the Peninsular War , forming part of the broader context of the Napoleonic Wars .
This new data indicates that the period of eastern and northern Polynesian colonization took place much later, in a shorter time frame of two waves: the "earliest in the Society Islands c. 1025–1120, four centuries later than previously assumed; then after 70–265 years, dispersal continued in one major pulse to all remaining islands c. 1190 ...
All of the colonies, except Cuba and Puerto Rico, attained independence by the 1820s. The British Empire offered support, wanting to end the Spanish monopoly on trade with its colonies in the Americas. In 1898, the United States achieved victory in the Spanish–American War with Spain, ending the Spanish colonial era. Spanish possession and ...
1895 Wilcox rebellion (1895), also known as the 1895 Counter-Revolution: Robert William Wilcox, a soldier and politician, and Colonel Samuel Nowlein, former commander of the Royal Guard, attempted to restore the monarchy in a failed counter-revolution. The conflict included battles at Diamond Head, Moʻiliʻili, and Mānoa.