
French Admiral La Perouse visits Hawaiian Islands.
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Kamehameha sends his brother Kalanimalokuloku- keli`imaika`i to retake the districts of Hana and Kipahulu on Maui. At the battle of Mauili, in Kipahulu, the expedition from Hawai`i Island is defeated and forced to flee Maui.
The first foreign vessels since Captain Cook's death arrive in the Islands. The
King George and
Queen Charlotte from London, under Captains Portlock and Dixon, touch at Kealakekua Bay.