{"slug": "hawaiian-islands", "label": "Hawaiian Islands", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192626", "qid": "Q192626", "description": "archipelago in the Pacific Ocean", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [800, 1946], "span_label": ["800 CE", "1946 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 5}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "james-cook", "label": "James Cook", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mercalli-intensity-scale", "label": "Mercalli intensity scale", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 800, "year_label": "800 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The first settlers of the Hawaiian Islands arrive (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367075277#Polynesia", "title": "800", "revid": 1367075277, "section": "Events › Polynesia"}}, {"year": 1778, "year_label": "1778 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first views Oʻahu then Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he names the Sandwich Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371073991#January–March", "title": "1778", "revid": 1371073991, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1778, "year_label": "1778 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 26", "text": "November 26 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371073991#October–December", "title": "1778", "revid": 1371073991, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1779, "year_label": "1779 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Captain James Cook is killed on the Sandwich Islands, on his third voyage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370567590#January–March", "title": "1779", "revid": 1370567590, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1817, "year_label": "1817 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360260504#January–March", "title": "1817", "revid": 1360260504, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1897, "year_label": "1897 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3, later CM-1) is recommissioned, since 1890, for several months of duty in the Hawaiian Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362850810#October", "title": "1897", "revid": 1362850810, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands, resulting in many deaths, mostly in Hilo. Between 165 and 173 are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#April", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › April"}}]}