Timeline of Honolulu
History of the city of Honolulu
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Honolulu, on Oahu, in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
1700s-1800s
- 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]
