The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

The full sequence — from the 1887 Bayonet Constitution through the 1993 Apology Resolution — drawn from primary sources. Each entry below links to the underlying document.

Kingdom Era1810–1892

Pre-KingdomKingdom EraThe OverthrowOccupation EraModern Era

The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Kamehameha I unifies the Hawaiian Islands

First American missionaries arrive

First Hawaiian Constitution adopted

Anglo-Franco Proclamation restores independence

Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with France

Treaty of Reciprocity with the United States

The Bayonet Constitution

Queen Liliʻuokalani ascends the throne

Queen announces restoration of 1864 constitution

U.S. Marines land in Honolulu

The overthrow

The Blount Investigation

Cleveland's Message to Congress

Republic of Hawaiʻi declared

Counter-revolution fails; Queen arrested

The Kūʻē Petitions

Newlands Resolution

Organic Act — Hawaiʻi becomes a U.S. territory

Statehood plebiscite — independence not on the ballot

Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi founded

Centennial march on ʻIolani Palace

Apology Resolution — Public Law 103-150

Trask at UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations

Nation of Hawaiʻi and Waimānalo puʻuhonua

Hawaiian Kingdom Government established

PKOA founded; Larsen v. Hawaiian Kingdom filed at PCA

Rice v. Cayetano

UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted

Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Atooi signs Pacific Treaty in Tahiti; U.S. endorses UNDRIP

Atooi Treaty of Friendship with Canadian Indigenous Nations

Akina v. Hawaii — SCOTUS halts Naʻi Aupuni election

Atooi Deloitte audit; Noa conviction vacated

Atooi letter to UN Secretary General Guterres

Atooi third Tahiti summit