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David Leleo Kinimaka
David Leleo Kinimaka (July 5, 1851 – March 10, 1884) was a descendant of Hawaiian nobility and the hānai (adopted) brother to King Kalākaua. Kinimaka was a member of the Royal Guards of Hawaii during the reigns of Kamehameha V and Lunalilo until the 1873 mutiny at ʻIolani Barracks. He later became a member of Kalākaua's Privy Council of State and a commissioned officer in his King's Guards. In 2013, hundreds of his descendants from around the world gathered at Iolani Palace for a family reunion. Background He was born July 5, 1851, at Palaueka, Holualoa, Hawaii, and was hānai half-brother to King Kalākaua. The practice of hānai within the Hawaiian culture is an informal adoption between closely connected families. Kalakaua's hānai parents were Keaweamahi Kinimaka and his first wife High Chiefess Haʻaheo Kaniu. After Haʻaheo Kaniu died, Keaweamahi Kinimaka married Pai, a descendant of Tahitian royalty. She gave birth to David Leleo, a daughter Haʻaheo Kaniu and anot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Hawaii
The Church of Hawaiʻi, originally called the Hawaiian Reformed Catholic Church, was the state church and national church of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1862 to 1893. It was the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Hawaiʻi, which later merged into the American Episcopal Church during the establishment of the Republic of Hawaii. History As a young prince, King Kamehameha IV had visited England and was impressed by the rich ceremony of the Church of England, compared to the dour simplicity of the American missionaries who educated him as a child. His queen consort Queen Emma had a British grandfather and was brought up in a house of a British Anglican doctor. Their 1856 wedding ceremony included Anglican prayers but had to be performed by the Congregationalist minister. In 1859, Emma wrote to Victoria of the United Kingdom to request a clergyman from the English church. The King's foreign minister, Robert Crichton Wyllie, also made requests through diplomatic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley
Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley (born Mary Ha'aheo Kinimaka, April 24, 1874March 8, 1933) was a Hawaiian activist. She was one of the first native Hawaiian women to run for public office in the Territory of Hawaii. Early life Mary Ha'aheo Kinimaka was born on King Street in Honolulu in 1874 to David Leleo Kinimaka, a Hawaiian noble, and Hannah Keolaokalaau (also known as Hanakeola, or Hana Keola Allen-Kinimaka, 1854–1893). She attended Kawaiaha'o Seminary for Girls between 1879 and 1881 or 1882. At age six, she became the ''hānai'' child of King Kalākaua. She lived in the royal household until age sixteen and finished her education at St. Andrew's Priory. After the king died, Kinimaka lived with her mother, as her father had died in 1884. In 1893, she met her mother's doctor, Dr. John Atcherley (1865–1940), an Englishman from Liverpool who had come to the islands to manage his brother-in-law's medical practice. Mary Kinimaka married John Atcherley in 1894 in Kawaiae, Hawaii. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chulalongkorn
Chulalongkorn (20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910), posthumously honoured as King Chulalongkorn the Great, was the fifth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama V. Chulalongkorn's reign from 1868 until his death in 1910 was characterised by the modernisation of Siam, governmental and social reforms, and territorial concessions to the British and French empires. As Siam was surrounded by European colonies, Chulalongkorn, through his policies and acts, ensured the independence of Siam. Chulalongkorn was born as the son of Mongkut, the fourth king of Siam. In 1868, he travelled with his father and Westerners invited by Mongkut to observe the solar eclipse of 18 August 1868 in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province. However, Chulalongkorn and his father both contracted malaria which resulted in his father's death. The 1893 Franco-Siamese crisis and Haw wars took place during his reign. All his reforms were dedicated to ensuring Siam's independence given the increasing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monarchy Of Thailand
The monarchy of Thailand is the constitutional monarchy, constitutional form of government of Thailand (formerly ''Siam''). The king of Thailand (, historically, ''king of Siam''; ) is the head of state and head of the ruling Chakri dynasty. Although the current Chakri dynasty was created in 1782, the existence of the institution of monarchy in Thailand is traditionally considered to have its roots in the founding of the Sukhothai Kingdom in 1238, with a brief interregnum from the death of Ekkathat to the accession of Taksin in the 18th century. The institution was transformed into a constitutional monarchy in 1932 after the bloodless socialist-leaning Siamese Revolution of 1932. The monarchy's official ceremonial residence is the Grand Palace in Bangkok, while the private residence has been at the Dusit Palace. The king of Thailand is head of state, Highest Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, Highest Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces, adherent of Buddhism in Tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan I Of Serbia
Milan Obrenović IV ( sr-cyr, Милан Обреновић, Milan Obrenović; 22 August 1854 – 11 February 1901) reigned as the Prince of Serbia from 10 June 1868 until 1882, when he became King of Serbia, a title he held until his abdication on 6 March 1889. His son, Alexander I of Serbia, became the second King of Serbia. Early years Birth and infancy in exile Milan Obrenović was born in 1854 in Mărășești in Moldavia, where his family had lived in exile ever since the return of the rival House of Karađorđević to the Principality of Serbia, Serbian throne in 1842 when they managed to depose Milan's cousin Prince Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia, Mihailo Obrenović III. Milan was the son of and of his Moldavian wife Marija Obrenović, née Elena Maria Catargiu (1831–1879). Milan's paternal grandfather (Miloš's father) was Jevrem Obrenović (1790–1856), brother of Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia from 1815 to 1839 and from 1858 to 1860. Milan w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oahu Prison
Oahu (, , sometimes written Oahu) is the third-largest and most populated island of the Hawaiian Islands and of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital, Honolulu, is on Oahu's southeast coast. The island of Oahu and the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands constitute the City and County of Honolulu. In 2021, Oahu had a population of 995,638, up from 953,207 in 2010 (approximately 70% of the total 1,455,271 population of the Hawaiian Islands, with approximately 81% of those living in or near the Honolulu urban area). Oahu is long and across. Its shoreline is long. Including small associated islands such as Ford Island plus those in Kāneohe Bay and off the eastern (windward) coast, its area is , making it the 20th-largest island in the United States. Well-known features of Oahu include Waikīkī, Pearl Harbor, Diamond Head, Hanauma Bay, Kāneohe Bay, Kailua Bay, and the North Shore. Name The Island of Oahu is often nicknamed (or translated as) "The Gathering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hastings Judd
Colonel Charles Hastings Judd (September 8, 1835 – April 18, 1890) was a Hawaiian businessman, rancher, courtier and politician who was born, lived, worked and died in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He served as chamberlain and colonel of the military staff of King Kalākaua and traveled with the monarch on his 1881 world tour. Early life Charles Hastings Judd was born September 8, 1835, at the Old Mission Home across the street from the modern Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site in Honolulu. He was the fourth child and second son of American missionaries Gerrit P. Judd and Laura Fish Judd. Charles' younger twin sister was also named Laura Fish Judd (1835–1888) and his father, who had worked as a missionary physician, resigned his post to work as a political advisor and cabinet minister to King Kamehameha III. Charles' younger brother Albert Francis Judd served as Chief Justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court. Judd was educated at Punahou School from 1842 to 1849 before attending ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Jajczay
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José". In Arabic, including in the Quran, the name is spelled , . In Kurdish language, Kurdish (''Kurdî''), the name is , Persian language, Persian, the name is , and in Turkish language, Turkish it is . In Pashto the name is spelled ''Esaf'' (ايسپ) and in Malayalam it is spelled ''Ousep'' (ഔസേപ്പ്). In Tamil language, Tamil, it is spelled as ''Yosepu'' (யோசேப்பு). The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and ''Joseph'' was one of the two names, along with ''Robert'', to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
