Kamehameha I, is known as the Kamehameha of the Great. This man was the founder of Hawaii and he was also the first ruler of the Kingdom of Kawaii. The state of Hawaii gave a statue of him to the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C. as one of two statues it is entitled to install there. A great warrior, diplomat and leader, King Kamehameha I united the Hawaiian Islands into one royal kingdom in 1810 after years of conflict. Kamehameha I was destined for greatness from birth. Hawaiian legend prophesized that a light in the sky with feathers like a bird would signal the birth of a great chief.

Kamehameha the Great of Hawaii was born in the 1735 and Kamehameha the great Hawaii died in the 1819’s. Kamehameha the Great of Hawaii had 5 children. Historians believe Kamehameha was born in 1758, the year Halley's comet passed over Hawaii. Given the birth name Paiea, the future king was hidden from warring clans in secluded Waipio Valley after birth. After the death threat passed, Paiea came out of hiding and was renamed Kamehameha