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| YEAR | DATE | EVENT | HEAD OF STATE | 
| 1781 | Kingdom | king Kamahameha I | |
| 1819 | 20 may | king Kamahameha II | |
| 1824 | 14 july | king Kamahameha III | |
| 1854 | 15 december | king Kamahameha IV | |
| 1863 | 30 november | king Kamahameha V | |
| 1872 | 11 december | king William Charles Lunalilo | |
| 1874 | 13 february | king David Kalakaua | |
| 1891 | 20 january | queen Liliuokalani | |
| 1893 | 17 january | U.S. Protectorate | prime minister Sanford Ballard Dole | 
| 1894 | 4 july | Republic | president Sanford Ballard Dole | 
| 1898 | 12 august | U.S. Colony | president Sanford Ballard Dole | 
| 1900 | 14 june | U.S. Territory | governor Sanford Ballard Dole | 
| 1903 | 23 november | governor George R. Carter | |
| 1907 | 15 august | governor Walter F. Frear | |
| 1913 | 29 november | governor Lucius E. Pinkham | |
| 1918 | 22 june | governor Charles J. McCarthy | |
| 1921 | 5 july | governor Wallace R. Farrington | |
| 1929 | 5 july | governor Lawrence M. Judd | |
| 1934 | 20 april | governor Joseph B. Poindexter | |
| 1942 | 24 august | governor Ingram M. Stainback | |
| 1951 | 8 may | governor Oren E. Long | |
| 1953 | february | governor Samuel Wilder King | |
| 1957 | 2 september | governor William F. Quinn | |
| 1959 | 21 august | 50^ state of U.S.A. |