Hawaiian Islands

archipelago in the Pacific Ocean

7 dated entries naming Hawaiian Islands, drawn from 6 separate years between 800 CE and 1946 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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8th century

  • 800The first settlers of the Hawaiian Islands arrive (approximate date).source

18th century

  • 1778January 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.source
  • 1778November 26 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.source
  • 1779February 14 – Captain James Cook is killed on the Sandwich Islands, on his third voyage.source

19th century

  • 1817January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island.source
  • 1897October 12 – USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3, later CM-1) is recommissioned, since 1890, for several months of duty in the Hawaiian Islands.source

20th century

  • 1946April 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.source

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