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Based on the map by Thomas Tunsch User:ThT (Kalakaua journey round the world.jpg). Vectorized, added stops Tientsin (China) and Penang (Malaysia), and a larger map of Europe. Vectorized, added stops Tientsin (China) and Penang (Malaysia), and a larger map of Europe.
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:North America second level political division 2.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-2.5 . 2014-04-04T12:23:04Z Lommes 1712x1992 (276697 Bytes) made the borders between the mexican subdivisions the same size as their canadian / us counterparts.
The House of Kalākaua, or Kalākaua Dynasty, also known as the Keawe-a-Heulu line, was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi under King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani. They assumed power after the last king of the House of Kamehameha , Lunalilo , died without designating an heir, leading to the election of Kalākaua and provoking ...
Kalākaua (David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Māhinulani Nālaʻiaʻehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua; [2] November 16, 1836 – January 20, 1891), was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, reigning from February 12, 1874, until his death in 1891.
On June 28, 1880, a Hawaiian government minister by the name of Walter M. Gibson initiated a resolution, which stated that due to its geographical and political status, the Kingdom of Hawaii would be entitled to lead a confederation of Polynesian countries. The government of the Kingdom voted unanimously to pass the resolution six months later ...
The park was named in honor of King David Kalākaua who ruled the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1874 to 1891, often called the "Merrie Monarch" because of his revival of Ancient Hawaiian song and dance. The Merrie Monarch Festival is a major cultural event held annually in Hilo. He dedicated the park around 1877. [10]
After relocating, he served 27 years as Minister Plenipotentiary from the Kingdom of Hawaii to the US. [9] While the king's 1874–75 state visit to the United States generated American legislative support for the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875 , Carter and Allen had preceded him in Washington, D.C. to lead the negotiations.
[10] [11] Kalākaua had previously visited the United States in late 1860, when he was chief clerk of the kingdom's Department of the Interior. On that trip, he had accompanied Minister of the Interior Prince Lot, high chief Levi Haʻalelea, and Hawaii's Consul for Peru Josiah C. Spalding on a two-month tour of British Columbia and California ...