Significant1795
Battle of Nuʻuanu
Nuʻuanu Pali · Oʻahu · Hawaiian Islands
Estimated casualties
400 – 800estimated dead
More than 700 Oʻahu warriors were said to have been driven or to have jumped off the Nuʻuanu Pali; total deaths are uncertain. Figures are traditional estimates.
SOURCEStandard accounts (over 700 Oʻahu warriors driven off the pali)
Fought in May 1795 on Oʻahu, the climactic battle of Kamehameha I's unification campaign, in which he defeated Kalanikūpule with an army of about 12,000 men. Hundreds of Oʻahu warriors were driven over the Nuʻuanu Pali cliff, after which Kamehameha's realm was first called the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
Belligerents2
- Kamehameha's forces
- Oʻahu forces (Kalanikūpule)
Conflict graph
PART OFWars of Hawaiian Unification
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Nuʻuanu
- Kuykendall, The Hawaiian Kingdom vol. 1
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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