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Timeline of Honolulu

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA.

Contents

1700s-1800s

  • 1795 - Area populated by "Kamehameha's chiefs and followers."
  • 1810 - Kamehameha I relocates to inner harbour of Honolulu from Waikiki.
  • 1816 - Fort built.
  • 1820 - Honolulu becomes capital of Hawaii.
  • 1826 - C. Brewer & Co. founded.
  • 1833
  • Oahu Charity School founded.
  • Brinsmade, Ladd, and Hooper in business.
  • 1836
  • Lahaina, Maui becomes capital from 1837-1845.
  • Royal Hawaiian Band founded.
  • Sandwich Island Gazette and Journal of Commerce begins publication.
  • 1840
  • Royal School founded.
  • The Polynesian newspaper begins publication.
  • 1842 - Kawaiahaʻo Church built.
  • 1843
  • Paulet Affair (1843)
  • Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace built.
  • 1846 - Honolulu Police Department established.
  • 1849
  • August–September: French invasion of Honolulu.
  • Hackfeld and Company in business.
  • 1850 - City becomes capital of the islands.
  • 1851
  • Honolulu Fire Department organized.
  • Castle & Cooke in business.
  • 1853
  • Oahu College active.
  • British Club founded.
  • 1854 - Melchers Building constructed.
  • 1856
  • Pacific Commercial Advertiser newspaper begins publication.
  • Honolulu Sailor's Home opens.
  • 1857 - Honolulu Rifles instituted.
  • 1858 - Bishop & Co. (bank) founded.>
  • 1860 - Queen's Hospital built.
  • 1863
  • Population: 14,000 (estimate).
  • Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii built.
  • 1865 - Hawaiian Gazette newspaper begins publication.
  • 1866 - Wharf constructed.
  • 1870 - Post office built.
  • 1872
  • Hawaiian Hotel in business.
  • Population: 14,852.
  • 1873 - Aliiolani Hale (Parliament House) built.
  • 1877 - Kapiolani Park opens.
  • 1879
  • ʻIolani Palace built.
  • Honolulu Library and Reading Room Association founded.
  • 1884 - Kapuāiwa Building constructed.
  • 1886 - Fire in Chinatown.
  • 1889 - Bishop Museum and Manoa Chinese cemetery founded.
  • 1890 - Population: 22,907.
  • 1891 - Scottish Thistle Club founded.
  • 1892
  • Hawaiian Historical Society established.
  • Harbour deepened.
  • 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.
  • 1898
  • City becomes part of the U.S. Territory of Hawaii.
  • Honolulu Stock and Bond Exchange established.
  • 1899 - U.S. Naval Station, Honolulu established.

    • 1900s

  • 1900
  • Alexander Young Hotel built.
  • Honolulu Japanese Merchants Association and Young Women's Christian Association chapter organized.
  • Alexander & Baldwin incorporated.
  • January 20: Fire in Chinatown.
  • 1901
  • Streetcar begins operating.
  • Honolulu Shinbun newspaper begins publication.
  • 1907 - University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu County, and Pacific Scientific Institution established.
  • 1908 - Honolulu Japanese Sake Brewing Co. in business.
  • 1909 - Joseph J. Fern becomes mayor.
  • 1910 - Population: 52,183.
  • 1912 - Honolulu Star-Bulletin in publication.
  • 1913 - Hawaii State Library building constructed.
  • 1920
  • John H. Wilson becomes mayor.
  • Mission Houses Museum established.
  • 1922
  • Princess Theatre opens.
  • Hawaii Theatre built.
  • KGU signs on the air as Honolulu and Hawaii's first radio station
  • 1924 - Central Union Church dedicated.
  • 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.
  • 1930 - Foster Botanical Garden bequeathed to city.
  • 1931 - Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital active.
  • 1936 - Waikiki Theatre opens.
  • 1941
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu established.
  • December 7: Japanese forces attack US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
  • 1947 - Honolulu Zoo established.
  • 1948 - Foodland opens its first store.
  • 1951 - Chung-Hua Hsin Pao Chinese-language newspaper begins publication.
  • 1952 - KGMB signs on the air as Honolulu's and Hawaii's first television station
  • 1953 - Cherry Blossom Festival begins.
  • 1955 - Waikiki Beach Press newspaper begins publication.
  • 1959 -
  • Honolulu Diamond Sangha founded.
  • Ala Moana Center opens
  • 1960
  • Hawaii National Bank headquartered in city.
  • Population: 248,034.
  • 1961 - August 4: Birth of Barack Obama.
  • 1962 - Honolulu International Airport terminal rebuilt.
  • 1965 - Foreign trade zone established.
  • 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.
  • 1986 - Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i founded.
  • 1988 - Hawaii Maritime Center opens.
  • 1990 - Population: 365,272.
  • 1993 - U.S. Kunia Regional SIGINT Operations Center active near city.
  • 1996 - City website online.

    • 2000s

  • 2005 - Mufi Hannemann becomes mayor.
  • 2010
  • Honolulu Civil Beat begins publication.
  • 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.
  • 2014 - Sit-lie ordinance effected.

    • References

    Timeline of Honolulu Wikipedia
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