Hawaii's History in 1778 - Hawaii History

	Overview of time periods in Hawaii's post-contact history

	List all short stories from Hawaii's Timeline

	Sources for Hawai‘i Timeline

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Captain James Cook arrives in the Islands. Read More.

Population of the Hawaiian Islands estimated to be between 150,000-400,000.

Captain Cook leaves behind Hawaii's first three goats - a ram and two ewes - during his visit to Ni`ihau.

Captain Cook and his officers and crew, writing in their journals, introduce the written word to Hawai`i.

France joins the American Revolutionary War against Britain.

French thinkers Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot die.

La Scala opera house opens in Milan.