What the records say
- When
- 25 Feb 1843
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 21.30° N, 157.85° W
- Description
- Paulet Affair: Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Paulet affair.
Paulet affair
1843 insubordinate British occupation of Hawaii
The Paulet affair, also known as British Hawaii, was the insubordinate five-month occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1843 by British naval officer Captain Lord George Paulet, of HMS Carysfort. It was ended by the arrival of American warships sent to defend Hawaii's independence. The British government in London did not authorise the move and it had no official status.
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