Hawaiian timeline By 24acashmore 1824 BCE Liholiho wife of Kamehameha died of Measels 1820 BCE First American Calvinist missionaries arrive 1819 BCE Christian protestants come to teach Christianity 1819 BCE The Kapu system was abolished 1810 BCE All of Hawaii is under the control of Kamehameha 1795 BCE King Kamehameha I unifies Hawaii 1778 BCE Captain James cook became first ever Eruopean to travel to Hawaii. 400 BCE Hawaii was colonized.