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Kamehameha

First King of the Hawaiian Islands. Kamehameha (1740-1819) conquered all the tribes of the islands to found a dynasty that ruled there for nearly a century. The name translates in English as "The One Set Apart."

King Kamehameha passed a law protecting commoners from the brutality of chiefs that was called "the Law of the Splintered Paddle."

by cubby April 8, 2004