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Kalākaua (David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Māhinulani Nālaʻiaʻehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua; [2] November 16, 1836 – January 20, 1891), was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, reigning from February 12, 1874, until his death in 1891.
King Kalākaua, the last king of Hawaii, sailed for California aboard the USS Charleston on November 25, 1890. Accompanying him were his friends George W. Macfarlane and Robert Hoapili Baker . The account given by his sister and heir-apparent Liliuokalani is that he told her on November 22 that he intended to travel to Washington, D.C. to ...
The avenue was firstly called Waikiki Road, and was named after King Kalākaua, the last male monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1905. The streets outstanding importance was only developed after the construction of the Ala Wai canal in 1928, which initiated a draining of the Wetlands that enabled the development of the land.
It was later sold to King Kalākaua and Queen Kapiʻolani. Kalākaua renamed the palace Hikulani Hale, which means “House of the Seventh ruler,” referring to himself, the seventh monarch of the monarchy that began with King Kamehameha I. In 1885, King Kalākaua had the palace plastered over the outside to give the building a more refined ...
The Royal Order of Kalākaua I was instituted on 28 September 1874 by King Kalākaua I to commemorate his accession to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi on 12 February 1874. This order was granted to both native Hawaiians and foreigners for superlative service to the monarch and to the kingdom.
Na Lani ʻEhā translates as The Royal Four or The Heavenly Four. [1] In the Hawaiian language, na is a plural form of "the", lani means "heaven" or "royal", while ʻEhā is "four". [2] In traditional Hawaiian culture, the aliʻi (chiefs or royals) class were poetically referred to as lani or "Heavenly Ones".
Left to right from top: Queen Kapiʻolani, King Kalākaua, Princess Likelike, Queen Liliʻuokalani, Princess Kaʻiulani, and Prince Leleiohoku. The House of Kalākaua, or Kalākaua Dynasty, also known as the Keawe-a-Heulu line, was the reigning family of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi under King Kalākaua and Queen Liliʻuokalani.
The Hawai`i Maritime Center is part of the Hawaii Pacific University and was built on what once was the private boathouse of King David Kalakaua.. The Hawai`i Maritime Center is now part of the Hawaii Pacific University's campus but was the principal maritime museum in the State of Hawai`i from 1988 until it closed in 2009.