| c. 1810 |
the Hawaiian Islands are unified under the rule of Kamehameha I |
| c. 1810 - 4 Jul 1894 |
Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina (Hawaiian Islands) |
| 25 Feb 1843 |
the Hawaiian Islands are provisionally ceded to Lord George Paulet, purporting to act as the representative of the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, pending acceptance or further arrangements, in accordance with a deed signed by King Kamehameha III, read and published at Honolulu on 25 Feb 1843 (Provisional Cession 1843, n.p.) [1] |
| 31 Jul 1843 |
the cession is rejected and the independence of the Hawaiian Islands is recognized by a declaration issued by the Commander-in-Chief of Her Britannic Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Pacific at Honolulu on 31 Jul 1843 (Temperance Advocate, and Seamen's Friend, No. VIII, 11 Aug 1843, pp. 40-41) |
| 4 Jul 1894 |
the Constitution of the Republic of Hawaii (Kumukānāwai o ka Repubalika o Hawaiʻi) is adopted by the Constitutional Convention at a session held in Honolulu on 3 Jul 1894, comes into effect on 4 Jul 1894, the date appointed by Art. 103, section 8, and is promulgated by President of the Republic at a public ceremony held in Honolulu on the same day, as prescribed by an act passed by the Provisional Government of the Hawaiian Islands on 3 Jul 1894 (Hawaii Provisional Government Laws 1894—English, pp. 174-176; Hawaii Provisional Government Laws 1894—Hawaiian, pp. 181-183; Hawaiian Gazette, No. 54, 6 Jul 1894, p. 1; Hawaii Constitution and Laws 1894—English, pp. 75-123; Hawaii Constitution and Laws 1894—Hawaiian, pp. 79-131) |
