Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom

The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
	Part of the Hawaiian Rebellions (1887–95)
	; The USS Boston's landing force on duty at the Arlington Hotel, Honolulu, at the time of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy, January 1893. Lieutenant Lucien Young, USN, commanded the detachment, and is presumably the officer at right.
Date	January 17, 1893
Location	Honolulu, Hawaii
Result	Hawaiian League / United States victory Surrender of the Hawaiian Kingdom; Queen Liliʻuokalani relinquishes power; Provisional Government, later renamed a Republic, established; Hawaii organized into a territory, then a state of the United States;
Belligerents
Committee of Safety; United States	Hawaiian Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Lorrin A. Thurston; John L. Stevens;	Queen Liliʻuokalani; Samuel Nowlein; Charles B. Wilson;
Strength
United States 1 cruiser, USS Boston; 162 US Navy and USMC personnel;	496 troops (several) Volunteers; 85–110 Police; 322–337 Royal Guard 50–65 at ʻIolani Palace; 272 at ʻIolani Barracks; 8–14 artillery pieces; 1 Gatling gun; ;
Casualties and losses
None	1 wounded

The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom was a coup d'état against Queen Liliʻuokalani, which took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oʻahu and led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign residents and six Hawaiian Kingdom subjects of American descent in Honolulu. The Committee prevailed upon American minister John L. Stevens to call in the U.S. Marines to protect the national interest of the United States of America. The insurgents established the Republic of Hawaii, but their ultimate goal was the annexation of the islands to the United States, which occurred in 1898.

The 1993 Apology Resolution by the U.S. Congress concedes that "the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii occurred with the active participation of agents and citizens of the United States and [...] the Native Hawaiian people never directly relinquished to the United States their claims to their inherent sovereignty as a people over their national lands, either through the Kingdom of Hawaii or through a plebiscite or referendum". Debates regarding the event play an important role in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement.

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