Liliʻuokalani was formally recognized as a saint by the Episcopal Church at a ceremony held at her resting place in the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna ʻAla
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Liliʻuokalani
Liliʻuokalani was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from January 29, 1891, until the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom on January 17, 1893, in a coup that was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu. The composer of "Aloha ʻOe" and numerous other works,…
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politics · Queen of Hawaii from 1891 to 1893 · writer · composer · monarch · autobiographer · also Liliʻuokalani, Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Wewehi Kamakaʻeha, Lydia Kamakaʻeha Pākī, Lydia K. Dominis, Liliuokalani, Queen Liliuokalani
Born 2 September 1838 · Died 11 November 1917 · Q107288
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2026· 2 entries
Yahoo: Look deeper into Queen Liliʻuokalani’s imprisonment quilt 132 years after the Hawaiian Kingdom’s illegal overthrow
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2022· 1 entry
Mental Floss: 9 Facts About Liliʻuokalani, the Last Queen of Hawaii
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2021· 1 entry
KHON2: Queen Liliʻuokalani’s personal manuscript now available online
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2017· 2 entries
Smithsonian Magazine: Five Things To Know About Liliʻuokalani, the Last Queen of Hawaiʻi
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Edgy Lee researched and filmed Liliuokalani – Reflections of Our Queen, a documentary looking at the legacy of the queen in Hawaii
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2014· 1 entry
Through the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi and culminated with her addition to the church’s global calendar of saints in 2024
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2007· 1 entry
Honolulu magazine rated "Aloha ʻOe" as the greatest song in the history of Hawaiian music
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1999· 1 entry
By the Queen Liliʻuokalani Trust
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1972· 1 entry
As an endurance training course for men, in preparation for the traditional Molokaʻi to Oʻahu canoe races
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1921· 1 entry
Destroyed the home and all its contents, including the footage of the Queen's funeral
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1917· 2 entries
Died 1917-11-11.
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“É preciso se lembrar de nunca parar de agir por medo de fracassar.”
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1915· 1 entry
Questioning the Queen's competency in executing the will and attempting to break the Trust
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1911· 1 entry
Was finally granted a lifetime pension of $1,250 a month by the Territory of Hawaii
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1909· 2 entries
For the care of orphaned and destitute children in Hawaii
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Liliʻuokalani brought an unsuccessful lawsuit against the United States under the Fifth Amendment seeking the return of the Hawaiian Crown Lands
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1906· 1 entry
Lili'uokalani was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder Abraham Kaleimahoe Fernandez, who was a member of the Queen's Privy Council from 1891 to 1893
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1903· 1 entry
"There is something pathetic in the appearance of Queen Liliuokalani as a waiting claimant before Congress
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1901· 2 entries
That the government would negotiate a generous settlement with Liliʻuokalani
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For a visit with Mormon president Joseph F
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1900· 1 entry
The US Congress passed the Hawaii Organic Act establishing a government for the Territory of Hawaii
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1898· 3 entries
Requesting their return and claiming the lands were seized without due process or recompense
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At ʻIolani Palace, now being used as the executive building of the government
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As part of her legal defense team in seeking indemnity for the government's seizure of the Crown Lands
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1897· 1 entry
With a Republic of Hawaii passport personally issued to "Liliuokalani of Hawaii" by the republic's president Sanford B
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1896· 3 entries
The Republic of Hawaii gave her a full pardon and restored her civil rights
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In a private ceremony in the presence of the sisters of St
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Became a regular member of the Hawaiian Congregation at St
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1895· 1 entry
Under threat of execution of her imprisoned supporters, Liliʻuokalani was forced to abdicate the Hawaiian throne, officially resigning as head of the deposed monarchy
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1893· 2 entries
In a coup that was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents (five Americans, one Scotsman, and one German) and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu
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After the legislature dismissed the George Norton Wilcox cabinet (which had political sympathies to the Reform Party), Liliʻuokalani appointed the new Parker cabinet consisting of Samuel Parker, as minister of foreign af
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1892· 1 entry
Liliʻuokalani would also restore the positions of governor for the other three main islands for her friends and supporters
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1891· 1 entry
In the presence of the cabinet ministers and the supreme court justices, Liliʻuokalani took the oath of office to uphold the constitution, and became the first and only female monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom
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1889· 1 entry
A part Native Hawaiian officer Robert W Wilcox, who resided in Liliʻuokalani's Palama residence, instigated an unsuccessful rebellion to overthrow the Bayonet Constitution
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1886· 1 entry
Founded a bank for women in Honolulu named Liliuokalani's Savings Bank and helped Isabella Chamberlain Lyman establish Kumukanawai o ka Liliuokalani Hui Hookuonoono, a money lending group for women in Hilo
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1878· 1 entry
Liliʻuokalani and Dominis sailed to California for her health
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1877· 1 entry
After her younger brother Leleiohoku II's death, she was proclaimed heir apparent to the throne
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1874· 1 entry
And her siblings were given Western-style titles of Prince and Princess
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1872· 1 entry
With no heir, the 1864 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom called for the legislature to elect the next monarch
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1865· 1 entry
After her marriage, she informally attended Oahu College (modern day Punahou School) and received instruction under Susan Tolman Mills, who later cofounded Mills College in California
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1864· 1 entry
And Pauahi helped Princess Victoria establish the Kaʻahumanu Society, a female-led organization aimed at the relief of the elderly and the ill
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1857· 1 entry
Liliʻuokalani was briefly engaged to William Charles Lunalilo
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1856· 1 entry
Kamehameha IV announced his intent to marry Emma Rooke, one of their classmates
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1853· 1 entry
Finished third in her final class exams behind Victoria and Nancy Sumner
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1850· 1 entry
Liliʻuokalani lived with her hānai parents at Haleʻākala, which she referred to in later life as her childhood home
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1842· 1 entry
At the age of four, she began her education at the Chiefs' Children's School (later known as the Royal School)
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1838· 2 entries
To Analea Keohokālole and Caesar Kapaʻakea
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Born 1838-09-02.
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