Kamehameha I receives the Red Ensign from Captain George Vancouver. Negotiations begin to consider Great Britain a protectorate to Hawaiʻi.
Looking to exchange in international trade, Kamehameha I has the Hae Hawaiʻi commissioned with the help of Capt. Alexander Adams and Capt. George Beckly. The Union Jack is incorporated in the spirit of diplomacy and a sign of aloha to Great Britain.
First written documentation of the hae hawai‘i by Russian officer and navigator in the Imperial Russian Navy captain Otto von Kotzebue.
“They display the English Union with alternate red, white, and blue stripes, emblematic of the principle islands.”
Lord Byron returns with the late Kamehameha II Liholiho and documents the Hae Hawaiʻi flying at half mass along with kahili draped in black. The people are using the flag as a symbol of Hawaiʻi.
British Admiral Richard Darton Thomas orders the Hae Hawaiʻi to be raised after British Capt. Lord Paulet illegally occupies the Hawaiian Kingdom for five months.
THE DAY IS KNOWN AS LĀ HOʻIHOʻI EA. KAMEHAMEHA III STANDARDIZES THE KINGDOM FLAG.
Listen to producer Lāiana Kanoa Wong explain more about the Hae Hawaiʻi.