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.
1795 - Area populated by "Kamehameha's chiefs and followers."
1810 - Kamehameha I relocates to inner harbour of Honolulu from Waikiki.
1816 - Fort built.
1820 - Honolulu becomes capital of Hawaii and the principal residence of the sovereign.
1826 - C. Brewer & Co. founded.
1833
* Oahu Charity School founded.
* Brinsmade, Ladd, and Hooper in business.
1836
* Lahaina, Maui becomes capital from 1837 to 1845.
* Royal Hawaiian Band founded.
* Sandwich Island Gazette and Journal of Commerce begins publication.
1840
* Royal School founded.
* 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.
1850 - City becomes capital of the islands.
1851
* Honolulu Fire Department organized.
* Castle & Cooke in business.
1853
* Oahu College active.
* British Club founded.
1854 - Melchers Building constructed.
1856
* Pacific Commercial Advertiser newspaper begins publication.
* Honolulu Sailor's Home opens.
1857 - Honolulu Rifles instituted.
1858 - Bishop & Co. founded.>
1860 - Queen's Hospital built.
1863
* Population: 14,000.
* Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii built.
1865 - Hawaiian Gazette newspaper begins publication.
1866 - Wharf constructed.
1870 - Post office built.
1872
* Hawaiian Hotel in business.
* Population: 14,852.
1873 - Aliiolani Hale built.
1877 - Kapiolani Park opens.
1879
* ʻIolani Palace built.
* Honolulu Library and Reading Room Association founded.
1884 - Kapuāiwa Building constructed.
1886 - Fire in Chinatown.
1889 - Bishop Museum and Manoa Chinese Cemetery founded.
1890 - Population: 22,907.
1891 - Scottish Thistle Club founded.
1892
* Hawaiian Historical Society established.
* Harbour deepened.
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.
1899 - U.S. Naval Station, Honolulu established.
1900
* Population: 39,306.
* Alexander Young Hotel built.
* Honolulu Japanese Merchants Association and Young Women's Christian Association chapter organized.
* Alexander & Baldwin incorporated.
* January 20: Fire in Chinatown.

1900s

1901
* Streetcar begins operating.
* Honolulu Shinbun newspaper begins publication.
1907 - University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu County, and Pacific Scientific Institution established.
1908 - Honolulu Japanese Sake Brewing Co. in business.
1909 - Joseph J. Fern becomes mayor.
1910 - Population: 52,183.
1912 - Honolulu Star-Bulletin in publication.
1913 - Hawaii State Library building constructed.
1920
* John H. Wilson becomes mayor.
* Mission Houses Museum established.
1922
* Princess Theatre opens.
* Hawaii Theatre built.
* KGU signs on the air as Honolulu and Hawaii's first radio station
1924 - Central Union Church dedicated.
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.
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.
1941
* Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu established.
* December 7: Japanese forces attack US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
1947 - Honolulu Zoo established.
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.
* 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.
1968 - Oceanic Cable begins cable television operations.
1969 - Hawaii State Capitol built.
1971 - TheBus established.
1975 - Aloha Stadium opens near city.
1980 - Population: 365,048.
1986 - Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i founded.
1988 - Hawaii Maritime Center opens.
1990 - Population: 365,272.
1993 - U.S. Kunia Regional SIGINT Operations Center active near city.
1996 - City website online.

2000s

2005 - Mufi Hannemann becomes mayor.
2010
* Honolulu Civil Beat begins publication.
* 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.
2014 - Sit-lie ordinance effected.