page_title: Outline of Hawaii
section_title: History of Hawaii, by period
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of Hawaii / History of Hawaii / History of Hawaii, by period
caption_attribution_description: English: Haleakalā crater in Haleakalā National Park
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the U.S. state of Hawaii:
  Hawaii is the newest state among the 50 states of the United States of America. It is also the southernmost state, the only tropical state, and the only state that was previously an independent monarchy. The state comprises the Hawaiian Islands in the North Pacific Ocean and is the only U.S. state that is not primarily located on the continent of North America.
context_section_description: Ancient Hawaiʻi (before 1810)
  Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, 1810–1893
  Kamehameha I, 1795–1819
  Kamehameha II, 1819–1824
  Kamehameha III, 1825–1854
  Kamehameha IV, 1855–1863
  Kamehameha V, 1863–1872
  Lunalilo, 1873–1874
  Kalākaua, 1874–1891
  Liliʻuokalani, 1891–1893
  Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii
  Provisional Government of Hawaii, 1893–1894
  Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, 1893–1894
  Republic of Hawaii, 1894–1898
  Sanford Ballard Dole, 1894–1898
  Territory of Hawaii, 1898–1959
  United States annexation, July 4, 1898
  Hawaiian Organic Act of 1900
  Hawaii National Park established on August 1, 1916
  World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
  Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
  United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941
  State of Hawaiʻi becomes 50th State admitted to the United States of America on August 21, 1959
  Haleakala National Park designated on September 13, 1960
  Hawaii National Park renamed Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on September 22, 1961
  Hurricane Iniki, 1992
caption: Haleakalā National Park, view at 9,740 feet (2,970 m)
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