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Jan 1, 1513
First Spanish Explore
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. -
Jan 1, 1534
Survey to determine possibility
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who was also Charles I of Spain, initiated a movement to build a passage across the Isthmus. By decree issued in 1534, Charles ordered the Panama regional governor to survey a route to the Pacific following the Chagres River. This was the first survey for a proposed ship canal through -
First European explorer
Captain James Cook FRS (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern -
King Kamehameha
The islands became united under the rule of a single monarch. -
Choices for the Canal
The Panama Canal is an artificial 77 km (48 mi) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade -
First steps to excavating
French company led by Ferdinand de Lesseps a former diplomat who developed Egypt's Suez Canal and began digging a canal across Panama -
The election of David Kalakaua
After Lunalilo's death, another election was held in 1874, this time pitting Kalakaua against queen dowager Emma. Kalakaua won by a huge majority following which Emma's supporters started a riot that had to be quelled by American and British marines. -
Safer choice
In the late 1890s Banua-Varilla began lobbying american lawmakers to buy the french canal assets in panama. -
The Queen gets overthrown
Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. The coup led to the dissolving of the Kingdom of Hawaii two years later, its annexation as a U.S. territory and eventual admission as the 50th state in the union. -
Hawaii is republic
Article 23 of the 1894 Constitution specifically named Sanford B. Dole as the republic's first President. He would also be the nation's only President, as it was annexed by the United States in 1900. Upon annexation, Hawaii became a U.S. territory and Dole became its first Governor. -
Declaration of war
the US congress declares war on spain -
Opposition of the treaty
the treaty effort was blocked when the newly-formed Hawaiian Patriotic League, composed of native Hawaiians, successfully petitioned the U.S. Congress -
explosion of the u.s.s maine
the battleship U.S.S. Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 268 men and shocking the American populace. ... Many Americans assumed the Spanish were responsible for the Maine's destruction. -
first battle
the first battle between spanish and american forces the US commodore Dewey and his asiatic squadron defeat the spanish fleet
at manila bay in the phillippines -
U.S troops to cuba
US TROOPS LAND IN CUBA -
US forces conquer
US forces defeat spanish at the battle of san juan heights -
U.S. Forces win again
the U.S forces destroy the spanish fleet off santiago bay cuba -
Annexation of Hawaii
Dole declared Hawaii an independent republic. Spurred by the nationalism aroused by the Spanish-American War, the United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 at the urging of President William McKinley -
spanish surrender
spanish surrender on santiago -
coming to an agreement
the US and spain sign a protocal of peace ending hostilities between both -
the start of the panama canal
the development of the panama canal began with a signing of the hay-herran treaty by the united states and colombia -
Us paid for control of the canal
At this time, the President and the Senate of the United States were interested in establishing a canal across the isthmus, with some favoring ... For $10 million and an annual payment, it would have granted the United States a renewable lease in perpetuity from Colombia on the land ... -
Water Flow to the Canal
After nearly a decade of construction, President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House to blow up the Gamboa Dike, causing water to flow into the Panama Canal and joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the first time -
traffic for WWI
Pilgrim traffic during the First World War. Every year Indian ... The outbreak of hostilities between the British and Ottoman Empires in 1914 raised fears about the impact this would have on the Hajj -
treaty of paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was an agreement made in 1898 that involved Spain relinquishing nearly all of the remaining Spanish Empire, especially Cuba, and ceding Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.