:Timeline of Honolulu

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.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1795 - Area populated by "Kamehameha's chiefs and followers."{{sfn|Greer|1998}}
1810 - Kamehameha I relocates to inner harbour of Honolulu from Waikiki.{{sfn|Daws|1967}}
1816 - Fort built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1820 - Honolulu becomes capital of Hawaii and the principal residence of the sovereign.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1826 - C. Brewer & Co. founded.{{cite book |title=Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1896 |publisher=Thos. G. Thrum |location=Honolulu |year=1896 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-wKAAAAIAAJ }}
1833
Oahu Charity School founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
Brinsmade, Ladd, and Hooper in business.{{sfn|Greer|1998}}
1836
Lahaina, Maui becomes capital from 1837 to 1845.
Royal Hawaiian Band founded.
Sandwich Island Gazette and Journal of Commerce begins publication.{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Hawaii&county=&city=Honolulu&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=August 8, 2013 }}
1840
Royal School founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
The Polynesian newspaper begins publication.
1842 - Kawaiahaʻo Church built.
1843
Paulet Affair (1843)
Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace built.
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.{{Citation |publisher = Hawaiian Gazette Company |location = Honolulu |title = History of later years of the Hawaiian Monarchy and the revolution of 1893 |author = W.D. Alexander |date = 1896 |ol = 7023891M }}
1850 - City becomes capital of the islands.{{sfn|Daws|1967}}
1851
Honolulu Fire Department organized.
Castle & Cooke in business.{{cite journal |title=Mid-Pacific Magazine |publisher=Alexander Hume Ford |location=Honolulu |date=July 1912 |volume=4 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EaU5AQAAMAAJ}}
1853
Oahu College active.
British Club founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1854 - Melchers Building constructed.
1856
Pacific Commercial Advertiser newspaper begins publication.{{cite book |title=Nelson Chesman & Co.'s Newspaper Rate Book |location=USA |year=1922 |chapter=Hawaiian Islands |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n1oyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA284 }}
Honolulu Sailor's Home opens.
1857 - Honolulu Rifles instituted.{{cite book |title=Preliminary catalogue of Hawaiiana in the library of George R. Carter, Honolulu |editor=Howard Malcolm Ballou |location=Boston |year=1915 |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009513743 }}
1858 - Bishop & Co. (bank) founded.{{sfn|Schnack|1915}}>
1860 - Queen's Hospital built.
1863
Population: 14,000 (estimate).{{sfn|McCulloch|1880}}
Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii built.
1865 - Hawaiian Gazette newspaper begins publication.
1866 - Wharf constructed.{{sfn|McCulloch|1880}}
1870 - Post office built.{{sfn|Peterson|1952}}
1872
Hawaiian Hotel in business.{{sfn|Peterson|1952}}
Population: 14,852.
1873 - Aliiolani Hale (Parliament House) built.{{Citation |publisher = H.M. Whitney |location = Honolulu |title = Hawaiian Guide Book, for Travelers |url = https://archive.org/stream/hawaiianguideboo00whit |author = Henry M. Whitney |date = 1875 |oclc = 7267149 |author-link = Henry Martyn Whitney }}
1877 - Kapiolani Park opens.
1879
ʻIolani Palace built.
Honolulu Library and Reading Room Association founded.
1884 - Kapuāiwa Building constructed.
1886 - Fire in Chinatown.{{cite web |url=http://chinatownhi.techmonde.net/?q=node/16 |title=A History of Change |work=Honolulu's Chinatown |publisher= Greater Good Inc. |access-date=August 9, 2013}}
1889 - Bishop Museum and Manoa Chinese Cemetery{{sfn|Lau|2004}} founded.
1890 - Population: 22,907.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1891 - Scottish Thistle Club founded.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1892
Hawaiian Historical Society established.{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaiianhistory.org/about/ |title=About the Hawaiian Historical Society |location=Honolulu |publisher=Hawaiian Historical Society |access-date=August 8, 2013}}
Harbour deepened.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
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.
1898
City becomes part of the U.S. Territory of Hawaii.
Honolulu Stock and Bond Exchange established.{{cite book |title=Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1908 |publisher=Thos. G. Thrum |location=Honolulu |year=1907 |url=https://archive.org/stream/hawaiianalmanac00thrugoog#page/n6/mode/2up }}
1899 - U.S. Naval Station, Honolulu established.
1900
Population: 39,306.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
Alexander Young Hotel built.{{sfn|Schnack|1915}}
Honolulu Japanese Merchants Association{{Citation |publisher = Facts on File |isbn = 9780816026807 |title = Japanese American History: an A-To-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present |editor = Brian Niiya |date = 1993 |url-access = registration |url = https://archive.org/details/japaneseamerican00dias }}{{cite web |url=http://www.honolulujapanesechamber.org/content/pages/history |title=History of the Chamber |publisher=Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce |access-date=August 9, 2013}} and Young Women's Christian Association chapter{{cite web |url=http://www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=9fLGJSOyHpE&b=3946437 |title=Historical Timeline of the YWCA of Oahu |publisher=YWCA |access-date=August 9, 2013}} organized.
Alexander & Baldwin incorporated.{{cite web |url=http://alexanderbaldwin.com/our-company/history/ |title=History |location=Honolulu |publisher=Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. |access-date=August 9, 2013}}
January 20: Fire in Chinatown.

1900s

1901
Streetcar begins operating.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
Honolulu Shinbun newspaper begins publication.
1907 - University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu County,{{Citation |publisher = G. & C. Merriam Co. |location = Springfield, Massachusetts |title = Webster's Geographical Dictionary |date = 1960 |ol=5812502M }} and Pacific Scientific Institution established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1908 - Honolulu Japanese Sake Brewing Co. in business.
1909 - Joseph J. Fern becomes mayor.
1910 - Population: 52,183.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
1912 - Honolulu Star-Bulletin in publication.
1913 - Hawaii State Library building constructed.{{citation |journal=Library Journal |date=April 15, 1920 |title=Hawaii |volume=45 |hdl=2027/njp.32101076205093 }}
1920
John H. Wilson becomes mayor.
Mission Houses Museum established.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
1922
Princess Theatre opens.
Hawaii Theatre built.{{cite web |url=http://www.lhat.org/historictheatres/theatre_inventory.aspx |title=Historic Theatre Inventory |location=Maryland, USA |publisher=League of Historic American Theatres |access-date=August 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721130121/http://www.lhat.org/historictheatres/theatre_inventory.aspx |archive-date=July 21, 2013 }}
KGU signs on the air as Honolulu and Hawaii's first radio station
1924 - Central Union Church dedicated.{{cite web |url=http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?advword=honolulu |title= (Items related to Honolulu) |work=Digital Gallery |publisher=New York Public Library |access-date=August 9, 2013}}
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.{{cite journal |title=Honolulu Water Supply |author = Edward J. Morgan |journal=Journal |publisher=American Water Works Association |volume= 49 |issue = 11 |pages = 1403–1413 |year= 1957 |jstor=41254752 }}
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.{{cite web |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location= Los Angeles |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/hawaii/honolulu?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Honolulu |access-date=August 8, 2013}}
1941
Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu established.
December 7: Japanese forces attack US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
1947 - Honolulu Zoo established.{{cite web |url=http://www.honoluluzoo.org/about-us/history.html |title=About Us |publisher=Honolulu Zoo |access-date=August 8, 2013}}
1948 - Foodland opens its first store.
1951 - Chung-Hua Hsin Pao Chinese-language newspaper begins publication.
1952 - KGMB signs on the air as Honolulu's and Hawaii's first television station
1953 - Cherry Blossom Festival begins.
1955 - Waikiki Beach Press newspaper begins publication.
1959
Honolulu Diamond Sangha founded.{{cite web |url= http://pluralism.org/religion/timelines |title=Buddhism in America |work=America's Many Religions: Timelines |author=Pluralism Project |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=October 4, 2013}}
Ala Moana Center opens
City becomes part of U.S. State of Hawaii
1960
Hawaii National Bank headquartered in city.
Population: 248,034.
1961 - August 4: Birth of Barack Obama.
1962 - Honolulu International Airport terminal rebuilt.
1965 - Foreign trade zone established.{{cite web |url=http://enforcement.trade.gov/ftzpage/orders/ftzorder.html |title=U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Order Summary |publisher= U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration |location=Washington DC |access-date=September 18, 2016 }}{{Citation |author=Susan Tiefenbrun |title= Tax Free Trade Zones of the World and in the United States |publisher= Edward Elgar |isbn=9781849802437|year= 2012 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Bdz5eG3b2nwC&pg=PA79 |page=79 }}
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.{{Citation |author = United States Census Bureau |title = County and City Data Book, 1983 |date = 1984 |ol=14997563M |series=Statistical Abstract |location=Washington DC |author-link = United States Census Bureau }}
1986 - Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i founded.{{cite web |url=http://www.jcch.com/index.php/about/history |title=History |location=Honolulu |publisher=Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i |access-date=August 9, 2013}}
1988 - Hawaii Maritime Center opens.
1990 - Population: 365,272.{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=US Census Bureau }}
1993 - U.S. Kunia Regional SIGINT Operations Center active near city.

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| url = http://www.fas.org/irp/facility/kunia.htm

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1996 - City website online.{{citation |url= http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/09/16/news/index.html |work= Honolulu Star-Bulletin |date= September 14, 1996 |title=Kokua Line: City will soon have its own home on the web }}{{cite web |archive-url= http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020809093240/http%3A//www%2Eco%2Ehonolulu%2Ehi%2Eus/ |url= http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/ |archive-date= August 9, 2002 |title= City and County of Honolulu |via= Internet Archive, Wayback Machine }}

2000s

2005 - Mufi Hannemann becomes mayor.

{{cite web

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|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060927180954/http://www.honolulu.gov/mayor/

|url-status = dead

|archive-date = 2006-09-27

|title = Mayor

|publisher = City and County of Honolulu

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2010
Honolulu Civil Beat begins publication.{{cite web |url= https://www.cjr.org/news_startups_guide/online-news-websites/location/hawaii-news.php |title=Hawaii |work=CJR's Guide to Online News Startups |publisher=Columbia Journalism Review |location=New York |access-date=October 19, 2013 }}
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.{{cite web |title=Meet the Mayors |publisher=United States Conference of Mayors |location=Washington, DC |url=http://usmayors.org/meetmayors/mayorsatglance.asp |access-date=August 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627104834/http://www.usmayors.org/meetmayors/mayorsatglance.asp |archive-date=June 27, 2008 }}
2014 - Sit-lie ordinance effected.{{citation |work=New York Times |date=June 3, 2016 |title=Aloha and Welcome to Paradise. Unless You're Homeless |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/us/hawaii-homeless-criminal-law-sitting-ban.html }}

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{{cite EB9 |wstitle = Honolulu |volume=12 | page = 143 |short= 1}}
{{Citation |publisher = Street & Smith |location = New York |title = Hawaii |author = A.D. Hall |date = 1898 |oclc = 10414631 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/hawaiihall00hall#page/74/mode/2up |chapter=Honolulu }}
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;Published in the 1900s

{{Citation |publisher = W. & R. Chambers |date = 1901 |location = London |title = Chambers's Encyclopaedia |chapter=Honolulu |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/chamberssency05lond#page/764/mode/2up |title-link = Chambers's Encyclopaedia }}
{{cite book |title=Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1902 |publisher=Thos. G. Thrum |location=Honolulu |year=1901 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeMeAQAAMAAJ

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{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Honolulu |volume= 13 | pages = 659–660 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
{{Citation

|title = Aloha Guide; the Standard Handbook of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands

|date = 1915

|publisher = Printed by Honolulu Star-Bulletin

|author=Ferdinand J.H. Schnack

|chapter=Honolulu (etc).

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{{cite journal |title=Concrete Blocks, Honolulu, 1870s |author= Charles E. Peterson |journal= Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians |volume=11 |issue= 3 |pages= 27–29 |year= 1952 |jstor=987613

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{{cite book|editor=Trudy Ring and Robert M. Salkin |title= Americas |series=International Dictionary of Historic Places |year= 1995 |publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-25930-4 |chapter= Honolulu |page=283+ |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zTL_AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA283

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{{cite news |hdl= 10524/430 |title= Along the Old Honolulu Waterfront |work= Hawaiian Journal of History |publisher=Hawaii Historical Society |volume= 32 |author= Richard A. Greer

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;Published in the 2000s

{{cite journal |title=Serenading the Ancestors: Chinese Qingming Festival in Honolulu |author= Frederick Lau |journal=Yearbook for Traditional Music |volume= 36 |pages= 128–143 |year=2004 |doi= 10.1017/S074015580002049X |jstor=20058795

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External links

{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaiihistory.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&CategoryID=259 |title=Hawaii Timeline |work=HawaiiHistory.org |author=Info Grafik Inc. |publisher=Hukilau Network |location=Honolulu }}
[https://www.europeana.eu/portal/search.html?query=honolulu Items related to Honolulu], various dates (via Europeana).
[https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=honolulu Items related to Honolulu], various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos division)
[http://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=honolulu Items related to Honolulu], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).

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