King Kamehameha Day on June 11 is a public holiday in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It honors Kamehameha the Great, the monarch who first established the unified Kingdom of Hawaiʻi—comprising the Hawaiian Islands of Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, Maui, and Hawaiʻi. In 1883 a statue of King Kamehameha was dedicated in Honolulu by King David Kalākaua. There are duplicates of this statue in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., and in Hilo, island of Hawaiʻi.
King Kamehameha I Day (Hawaii, United States)
On June 11, in the year 0, King Kamehameha I Day (Hawaii, United States). This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of June 11, one of 363 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on June 11, 0 (AD era).
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