Hawaiian feathered helmet (mahiole)
18th century · Resource
A Hawaiian feathered helmet ('mahiole') reserved for high-ranking chiefs. Examples were exchanged with Captain Cook's expedition, marking Hawaii's first sustained contact with Europe.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1775
- Industrial Revolution begins (1760)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- French Revolution (1789)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- Watt's separate-condenser steam engine patent (1769)
- Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1812)
- Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
- Storming of the Bastille (1789)
- First British settlement in Australia (1788)