Hawaii's History in 1840 - Hawaii History

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First constitution proclaimed by Kamehameha III; it changes government to a constitutional monarchy and creates a House of Nobles and an elected House of Representatives. Read More.

Kamanawa and his accomplice publicly executed for the murder of his wife, Kamokuiki.

Captain Thomas Cummins, a shipping merchant from England, begins raising beef cattle and sheep in Waimanalo.

$218,000 worth of imports arrive in the Islands.

Hawai'i public school system established by Kamehameha III.

Cornerstone of the Roman Catholic Church in Honolulu laid.

Earliest lighthouse put into operation at Keawaiki, Lahaina.

Unauthorized burials are forbidden in Honolulu. Serious or contagious diseases must be reported within 24 hours.

British colonization of New Zealand begins.

Alexis do Tocqueville publishes Democracy in America.

Violinist Niccolo Paganini dies.