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Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1842/00/00 British Consul to the Kingdom of Hawaii, Richard Charlton, informs Lord George Paulet that British subjects in the Hawaiian Islands are being denied their legal rights.
1843/02/11 Lord George Paulet arrives in Honolulu aboard the HMS Carysfort and requests a private interview with King Kamehameha III
1843/02/17 Lord George Paulet theatens to an immediate attack on Honolulu at 4 o'clock PM tomorrow, in the event of the demands now forwarded by him to the King of these Islands not being complied with by that time.
1843/02/18 Hawaiian government capitulates to the demands George Paulet under protest
1843/02/25 Kamehameha III cedes control of the Sandwich Islands to Paulet's the new government, the Provisional Cession of the Hawaiian Islands
1843/07/26 Admiral Richard Thomas arrives in Honolulu aboard the HMS DUBLIN and requests a private interview with King Kamehameha III.
1843/07/31 Admiral Richard Thomas restores sovereignty over the Sandwich Islands to Kamehameha III and the Kingdom of Hawaiian. Thomas Square, Honolulu
1847/07/31 Kamehameha III hosts a thanksgiving service, proclaiming "ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono" (the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness). Thomas Square, Honolulu
1847/07/31 10,000 people celebrate Hawaiian Resteration Day with a laua at Kaniakapupu Kaniakapupu, Honolulu

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