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Republic of Hawaii

The Republic of Hawaii was the formal name of the government that controlled Hawaii from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a republic. The republic period occurred between the administration of the Provisional Government of Hawaii which ended on July 4, 1894 and the adoption of the Newlands Resolution in the United States Congress in which the Republic was annexed to the United States and...

Timeline of Events

1894

7.4.1894

The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.

1897

6.16.1897

A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.

1898

8.12.1898

The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawai`i to the United States.