1839: Kamehameha III makes quarantine laws
King Kamehameha III establishes quarantine laws and the first records of vital statistics in the Hawaiian Islands.
- Theme
- Epidemics
- Region
- Hawai‘i
King Kamehameha III, by American artist Alfred Thomas Agate. Agate drew this portrait from an account of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean conducted by the U.S. Navy from 1838–1842.
Courtesy National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Hawaiian quarantine laws signed by Kamehameha III, 1839
Courtesy Hawai‘i State Archives
Hawaiian quarantine laws signed by Kamehameha III, 1839
Courtesy Hawai‘i State Archives