This document provides a timeline of key events in Hawaiian history from the earliest migrations to modern day. It traces the evolution of hula dance from ancient religious ceremonies to its underground status when missionaries arrived, and later revival and perpetuation through hula schools and competitions like the Merrie Monarch Festival. The timeline highlights the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 and annexation by the US in 1898 as watershed moments in Hawaiian cultural suppression and loss of sovereignty.

1. 500 - 750 A.D.Migrations from
the Marquesas (Nukuhiwa)

2. Voyage to the Hawaiian islands

3. 1000 - 1150 A.D.Migrations
from Tahiti

4. Heiau, ancient Hawaiian
temple

5. 1758 Pai`ea Kamehameha born
in Kohala (son of Keoua and
Keku`i`apoiwa)

6. 1778- First recorded foreign contact with arrival
of Captain James Cook.Introduction of diseases
which decimate native Hawaiian population.

7. Cook's arrival coincided with the celebration of the annual makahiki, a month-long festival
honoring Lono, god of agriculture and fertility. Hawaiian legends had predicted that Lono, one of
the four primary gods of the Hawaiian pantheon, would one day return to Hawaii. Many believe
that Cook was treated with respectful deference as he was probably thought to be the returning
Lono. In this image, the kahana nui (high priest) honors Cook with an offering of a young pig as
part of the kava ceremony.

8. A Man of the Sandwich Islands, Dancing
(January 1779)

9. 1795 - Battle at Nu`uanu - Kamehameha
conquers O`ahu and unites Hawaiian islands
under his rule

10. DANCE OF THE FEMALES IN THE
SANDWICH ISLANDS 1816

11. DANCE OF THE MALES IN THE
SANDWICH ISLANDS 1816

12. 1852 PRINT OF A DANCE OF THE
SANDWICH ISLANDS

13. 1820- Calvinist missionaries arrive from New England.
Hula goes underground due to influence of
missionaries' values on Hawaiian rulers to ban the "lewd
and lascivious" dance.

14. 1848- Foreign system of private land ownership is
promoted by non-native Hawaiians. Results in Mahele,
where land is divided among the people, government,
and the King.

15. 1886- King Kalakaua 50th
Birthday Jubilee Celebration

16. 1893- Queen Lili`uokalani is overthrown by
foreign powers organized as "Committee of
Safety”

17. 1895- Attempts to restore the monarchy result
in Wilcox Rebellion. Queen Lili`uokalani is
arrested and imprisoned at `Iolani Palace.

18. 1896- Hawaiian language is banned in all
Hawai`i schools, public and private.

19. 1897- Native Hawaiians oppose proposed
annexation and petition U.S. President and
Congress.

20. 1898- Hawai`i is annexed as Territory to United
States under bill signed by U.S. President
William McKinley.

21. Hula Kahiko (traditional)

22. Academy of Hawaiian Arts dance hula kahiko
championing the perpetuity of the Hawaiian
race, "Hanohano Ni'ihau i Ka Malie."

23. Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka dance a stately
sitting hula using 'ili 'ili (hand stones) in the
Merrie Monarch competition

24. Hula Halau 'O Kamuela dance in the Merrie
Monarch competition

25. Hula Kahiko (traditional)

26. Ka Pa Hula O Ka Lei Lehua dance a sitting hula
in competition

27. Hālau Hula a Kawika Lāua `o Leinani

28. Hawaiian hula auana

29. Hawaiian hula auana

30. Hawaiian hula auana

31. Hula Halau O Kamuela in Hula auana
competition

32. Halau Hula Olana in Hula auana competition

33. Hawaiian hula hyperlinks
http://www.geocities.com/~olelo/o-h-hula.html
http://www.huna.org/html/a-khula.html
http://www.checkitouthawaii.com/explore/features
/the_art_of_hula.html
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:sAucDmo2eJkJ:
www.english-avenue.com/lesson_pdfs/27-
hula.pdf+hula+kahiko+photo&hl=en&ct=
clnk&cd=32&gl=us&client=safari