Settlement and consolidation of Hawaiian aliʻi chiefdoms (c. 900–1778 CE)

1. Initial settlement of Hawaiʻi by Polynesians

   Jan 1, 1220Labels: Polynesians, Hawai i

   • JAS 2011
   • UC Press

2. Early Hawaiian communities expand across islands

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Hawaiian communities, Ahupua a

   • UC Press
   • NPS Hono

3. Tahitian-linked Paʻao tradition reshapes chiefly religion

   Jan 1, 1300Labels: Pa ao, Kahiki

   • Kirch UC
   • Kamakau 1961

4. Mauna Kea adze quarry becomes major producer

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: Mauna Kea, Basalt adzes

   • NPS MaunaKea

5. Maʻilikūkāhi organizes Oʻahu governance and land divisions

   Jan 1, 1480Labels: Ma ilik, O ahu

   • Manoa HC
   • Ma ilik k

6. ʻUmi-a-Līloa consolidates rule on Hawaiʻi Island

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Umi-a-L loa, Hawai i

   • Umi a L
   • Kirch UC

7. Large temple building helps chiefs project authority

   Jan 1, 1600Labels: Heiau temples, Ali i

   • Kirch UC
   • NPS Puhe

8. By 1778, Hawaiʻi Island is divided into moku and ahupuaʻa

   Jan 18, 1778Labels: Moku, Ahupua a

   • NPS HAVO
   • NOAA

9. Cook’s arrival increases foreign contact and strategic trade

   Jan 18, 1778Labels: James Cook, European contact

   • Kamehameha I
   • NPS Puhe

10. Aliʻi chiefdom era culminates at European contact threshold

    Jan 18, 1778Labels: Ali i, Pre-contact Hawai

    • NPS HAVO
    • NPS Hono

11. Death of Kalaniʻōpuʻu triggers succession conflict

    Apr 1, 1782Labels: Kalani pu, Succession crisis

    • Kalani pu u
    • K wala

12. Battle of Kepaniwai expands war to Maui

    Jan 1, 1790Labels: Battle of, Maui

    • Kepaniwai
    • Kamehameha I

13. Kamehameha builds Puʻukoholā Heiau and defeats Keōua

    Jan 1, 1791Labels: Pu ukohol, Kamehameha

    • NPS Pu ukohol
    • NPS History

14. Battle of Nuʻuanu secures Oʻahu for Kamehameha

    May 1, 1795Labels: Battle of, Kamehameha

    • Nu uanu
    • Kalanik pule