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"New releases from Hawaii authors: The Battle of Nu'uanu — May, 1795". Honolulu Star-Bulletin; The Hawaiian Kingdom (1778–1854), by Ralph S. Kuykendall, c. 1938; The Warrior King, by Richard Tregakis, c. 1973; Kamehameha and his Warrior Kekuhaupio, by Stephen L. Desha, c. 2000; Hawaii's Royal History, by Helen Wong, c. 1987
The Nuʻuanu Pali was the site of the Battle of Nuʻuanu, one of the bloodiest battles in Hawaiian history, in which Kamehameha I conquered the island of Oʻahu, bringing it under his rule. In 1795 Kamehameha I sailed from his home island of Hawaiʻi with an army of 10,000 warriors, including a handful of non-Hawaiian foreigners.
Kamehameha's warriors and Kalanikūpule fought a great battle at the summit of Nuʻuanu Pali which is known as the Battle of Nuʻuanu. Following his defeat, Kalanikūpule hid in the mountains for several months before being captured and sacrificed to Kamehameha's war god, Kū-ka-ili-moku. [6] His death brought the end of the Kingdom of Maui. [7]
The campaign to unite all the islands continued with Maui in 1794, and Oʻahu in 1795 at the Battle of Nuʻuanu. The unification was completed when the king of the island of Kaua'i became a vassal to Kamehameha I in 1810 making him the first king of a unified Hawai'i. The one-sided nature of this battle has given it the name "Slaughter at ...
some battle on the Big Island. (18th century) Second Mauian Invasion of Oahu. (around late 1782 or early 1783) Battle of Seven Warriors (around 1782) Battle of Kaheiki Stream (January 1783) The Waipi‘o-Kimopo (1783/4/5) Unification of Hawaiʻi (1782–1810) Battle of Keawawa (1738) Battle of Waikapu Commons (1776) Battle of Moku'ohai (1782) [1]
Nuʻuanu Slide is seen near the center top in this bathymetry image of the Hawaiian archipelago, Nuʻuanu Slide or Nuʻuanu Debris Avalanche is the largest of seventeen known submarine landslides around the Hawaiian Islands and at 200 kilometers (124 mi) in length, one of the largest landslides on Earth.
Kealakekua Bay is located on the Kona coast of the island of Hawaiʻi about 12 miles (19 km) south of Kailua-Kona.Settled over a thousand years ago, the surrounding area contains many archeological and historical sites such as religious temples and also includes the spot where the first documented European to reach the Hawaiian islands, Captain James Cook, was killed.
Kalanimoku led an army against the revolt of Kekuaokalani in December 1819 in the successful battle of Kuamoʻo. [6] He served as regent along with Queen Kaʻahumanu while Kamehameha II traveled to London in 1823, and to Kamehameha III after Kamehameha II's death in 1824. In his later years his vision dimmed and one of his eyes was defective.