Historical place archive

Hawaiia in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Hawaiia in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1779–1779

Historical events in Hawaiia

1779

14 February 1779
Death of James Cook
James Cook · Exploration and Discovery

Stabbed to death by the natives of Kealakekua Bay in the Hawaiian Islands

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Hawaiia. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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