The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Honolulu, on Oahu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
1700s-1800s
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- 1794 - Honolulu’s safe harbour discovered.[1]
- 1795 - Area populated by "Kamehameha's chiefs and followers."[2]
- 1810 - Kamehameha I relocates to inner harbour of Honolulu from Waikiki.[3]
- 1816 - Fort built.[1]
- 1820 - Honolulu becomes capital of Hawaii and the principal residence of the sovereign.[4][1]
- 1826 - C. Brewer & Co. founded.[5]
- 1833
- Oahu Charity School founded.[1]
- Brinsmade, Ladd, and Hooper in business.[2]
- 1836
- Lahaina, Maui becomes capital from 1837 to 1845.
- Royal Hawaiian Band founded.
- Sandwich Island Gazette and Journal of Commerce begins publication.[6]
- 1840
- Royal School founded.[1]
- The Polynesian newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1842 - Kawaiahaʻo Church built.
- 1843
- 1845
- The capital is moved from Lahaina to Honolulu, with ʻIolani Palace as the royal residence.
- 1846 - Honolulu Police Department established.
- 1849
- August–September: French invasion of Honolulu.
- Hackfeld and Company in business.[7]
- 1850 - City becomes capital of the islands.[3]
- 1851
- Honolulu Fire Department organized.[8]
- Castle & Cooke in business.[9]
- 1853
- Oahu College active.
- British Club founded.[1]
- 1854 - Melchers Building constructed.
- 1856
- Pacific Commercial Advertiser newspaper begins publication.[10]
- Honolulu Sailor's Home opens.
- 1857 - Honolulu Rifles instituted.[11]
- 1858 - Bishop & Co. (bank) founded.[12]>
- 1860 - Queen's Hospital built.[13]
- 1863
- Population: 14,000 (estimate).[14]
- Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii built.
- 1865 - Hawaiian Gazette newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1866 - Wharf constructed.[14]
- 1870 - Post office built.[15]
- 1872
- 1873 - Aliiolani Hale (Parliament House) built.[13]
- 1877 - Kapiolani Park opens.
- 1879
- ʻIolani Palace built.
- Honolulu Library and Reading Room Association founded.[16]
- 1884 - Kapuāiwa Building constructed.
- 1886 - Fire in Chinatown.[17]
- 1889 - Bishop Museum and Manoa Chinese Cemetery[18] founded.
- 1890 - Population: 22,907.[1]
- 1891 - Scottish Thistle Club founded.[1]
- 1892
- 1893 - January 17: Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii by Hawaiian League.
- 1894 - Theo H. Davies & Co. in business.
- 1896 - Yamato Shinbun Japanese/English-language newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1898
- City becomes part of the U.S. Territory of Hawaii.
- Honolulu Stock and Bond Exchange established.[8]
- 1899 - U.S. Naval Station, Honolulu established.
- 1900
- Population: 39,306.[1]
- Alexander Young Hotel built.[12]
- Honolulu Japanese Merchants Association[20][21] and Young Women's Christian Association chapter[22] organized.
- Alexander & Baldwin incorporated.[23]
- January 20: Fire in Chinatown.[17]
1900s
- 1901
- Streetcar begins operating.[citation needed]
- Honolulu Shinbun newspaper begins publication.[20]
- 1907 - University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu County,[4] and Pacific Scientific Institution established.[1]
- 1908 - Honolulu Japanese Sake Brewing Co. in business.[20]
- 1909 - Joseph J. Fern becomes mayor.
- 1910 - Population: 52,183.[1]
- 1912 - Honolulu Star-Bulletin in publication.
- 1913 - Hawaii State Library building constructed.[16]
- 1920
- John H. Wilson becomes mayor.
- Mission Houses Museum established.[citation needed]
- 1922
- 1924 - Central Union Church dedicated.[26]
- 1926 - Honolulu Stadium opens.
- 1927
- John Rodgers Airport and Honolulu Academy of Arts open.
- YWCA Building (Honolulu, Hawaii) constructed.
- 1928 - Honolulu Municipal Building constructed.
- 1929 - Honolulu Board of Water Supply established.[27]
- 1930 - Foster Botanical Garden bequeathed to city.
- 1931 - Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital active.
- 1932 - Massie Affair criminal trial took place.
- 1936 - Waikiki Theatre opens.[24]
- 1941
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu established.
- December 7: Japanese forces attack US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
- 1947 - Honolulu Zoo established.[28]
- 1948 - Foodland opens its first store.
- 1951 - Chung-Hua Hsin Pao Chinese-language newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1952 - KGMB signs on the air as Honolulu's and Hawaii's first television station
- 1953 - Cherry Blossom Festival begins.[20]
- 1955 - Waikiki Beach Press newspaper begins publication.[6]
- 1959
- Honolulu Diamond Sangha founded.[29]
- Ala Moana Center opens
- City becomes part of U.S. State of Hawaii
- 1960
- Hawaii National Bank headquartered in city.
- Population: 248,034.[4]
- 1961 - August 4: Birth of Barack Obama.
- 1962 - Honolulu International Airport terminal rebuilt.
- 1965 - Foreign trade zone established.[30][31]
- 1968 - Oceanic Cable begins cable television operations.
- 1969 - Hawaii State Capitol built.
- 1971 - TheBus (public transport) established.
- 1975 - Aloha Stadium opens near city.
- 1980 - Population: 365,048.[32]
- 1986 - Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i founded.[33]
- 1988 - Hawaii Maritime Center opens.
- 1990 - Population: 365,272.[34]
- 1993 - U.S. Kunia Regional SIGINT Operations Center active near city.[35]
- 1996 - City website online.[36][37]
2000s
- 2005 - Mufi Hannemann becomes mayor.[38]
- 2010
- Honolulu Civil Beat begins publication.[39]
- Kirk Caldwell becomes mayor, succeeded by Peter Carlisle.
- The Honolulu Star-Advertiser begins publications after the merger of the Advertiser and Star-Bulletin
- Population: 390,738.
- 2013 - Kirk Caldwell becomes mayor again.[40]
- 2014 - Sit-lie ordinance effected.[41]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b Greer 1998.
- ^ a b Daws 1967.
- ^ a b c Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, OL 5812502M
- ^ Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1896. Honolulu: Thos. G. Thrum. 1896.
- ^ a b c d e f "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ W.D. Alexander (1896), History of later years of the Hawaiian Monarchy and the revolution of 1893, Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Company, OL 7023891M
- ^ a b Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1908. Honolulu: Thos. G. Thrum. 1907.
- ^ "Mid-Pacific Magazine". 4. Honolulu: Alexander Hume Ford. July 1912.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Hawaiian Islands". Nelson Chesman & Co.'s Newspaper Rate Book. USA. 1922.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Howard Malcolm Ballou, ed. (1915). Preliminary catalogue of Hawaiiana in the library of George R. Carter, Honolulu. Boston.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Schnack 1915.
- ^ a b c Henry M. Whitney (1875), Hawaiian Guide Book, for Travelers, Honolulu: H.M. Whitney, OCLC 7267149
- ^ a b McCulloch 1880.
- ^ a b Peterson 1952.
- ^ a b "Hawaii", Library Journal, 45, April 15, 1920, hdl:2027/njp.32101076205093
- ^ a b "A History of Change". Honolulu's Chinatown. Greater Good Inc. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ Lau 2004.
- ^ "About the Hawaiian Historical Society". Honolulu: Hawaiian Historical Society. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Brian Niiya, ed. (1993), Japanese American History: an A-To-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present, Facts on File, ISBN 9780816026807
- ^ "History of the Chamber". Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ "Historical Timeline of the YWCA of Oahu". YWCA. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ "History". Honolulu: Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Honolulu". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ "Historic Theatre Inventory". Maryland, USA: League of Historic American Theatres. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ "(Items related to Honolulu)". Digital Gallery. New York Public Library. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ Edward J. Morgan (1957). "Honolulu Water Supply". Journal. 49 (11). American Water Works Association: 1403–1413. JSTOR 41254752.
- ^ "About Us". Honolulu Zoo. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ Pluralism Project. "Buddhism in America". America's Many Religions: Timelines. Harvard University. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ^ "U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Order Summary". Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ Susan Tiefenbrun (2012), Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States, Edward Elgar, p. 79, ISBN 9781849802437
- ^ United States Census Bureau (1984), County and City Data Book, 1983, Statistical Abstract, Washington DC, OL 14997563M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "History". Honolulu: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Retrieved August 9, 2013.
- ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ Pike, John; Aftergood, Steven (September 13, 2000). "Regional SIGINT Operations Center Kunia". Federation of American Scientists. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- ^ "Kokua Line: City will soon have its own home on the web", Honolulu Star-Bulletin, September 14, 1996
- ^ "City and County of Honolulu". Archived from the original on August 9, 2002 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Mayor". City and County of Honolulu. Archived from the original on September 27, 2006.
- ^ "Hawaii". CJR's Guide to Online News Startups. New York: Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- ^ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Archived from the original on June 27, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ "Aloha and Welcome to Paradise. Unless You're Homeless", New York Times, June 3, 2016
Bibliography
 | The examples and perspective in this section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (August 2013) |
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