Hawaii's History in 1785 - Hawaii History

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Betrayed by his brother-in-law, Kekuamanoha, Kahahana is killed.

A conspiracy and revolt against Kahekili on O`ahu, called Waipio-Kimopo, is suppressed.

Kamehameha and Keoua Kuahu`ula battle. There is only desultory fighting with similar result. Kamehameha returns to Kohala. This war is called "Hapu`u."

Kamehameha takes Ka`ahumanu as a wife.

The first trading ship stops at the Islands enroute to China.

William Guthrie's 1785 Atlas to Guthrie's New System of Geography is the first edition in which the Hawaiian Islands appear.

Chlorine first used to bleach cloth.

Frenchman Jean Blanchard and Englishman John Jeffries are first to cross English Channel in a hot air balloon.

Immanuel Kant publishes Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics.