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Kalakaua I., born November 16, 1836, son o£ the Chiefess Keolickalole and Kapaakea, is of pure Hawaiian blood, and akin to the ancient royal family, was elected king by the Parliament on Feb. 12, 1874, on the death of Lunalilo I; crowned February, 1883; married to Queen Kapiolani, born December 31, 1834. The heir to the throne is the Princess Victoria-Kawekui, born October, 1875, daughter of Princess Miriam Like Like and the Hon. A. S. Cleghorn; married to John D. Dominis, governor of Oahu.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Hawaii
1. Official
Custom House Statistics. Honolulu, 1882.
2. Unofficial
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Keltie, J.S. (1884). Oceania. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253131_23
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