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Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox (February 15, 1855 – October 23, 1903), [2] nicknamed the Iron Duke of Hawaiʻi, was a Native Hawaiian whose father was an American and whose mother was Hawaiian. A revolutionary soldier and politician, he led uprisings against both the government of the Hawaiian Kingdom under King Kalākaua and the Republic ...
In 1889, Robert W. Wilcox led an insurrection against the so-called "Reform Government," composed of a small cadre of sugar planters, missionary descendents, and their allies, who two years earlier had imposed the "Bayonet Constitution" upon King Kalākaua.
Robert Wilcox (May 19, 1910 – June 11, 1955) was an American film and theater actor of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.
Robert Wilcox led a revolt to restore the 1864 Constitution and overthrow the Reform Party government in Hawaii. He was defeated by the Honolulu Rifles and the Honolulu Marines in a battle at ʻIolani Palace.
Robert Kalanihiapo Wilcox was born on February 15, 1855 a descendant from the Maui royal line of Lonomakaihonua, brother of Kaulahea, King of Maui before Kamehameha’s reign. Robert led two patriotic attempts on behalf of his Sovereign and countrymen.
A Revolutionary Finally Recognized. On September 11, 1993 about 350 people gathered in downtown Honolulu for a ceremony and the unveiling of a statue honoring Robert William Kalanihiapo Wilcox. The ceremony was alive with Hawaiian cultural tradition.
Drawn from neglected primary sources, Dynamite reveals the hitherto untold story of the secret revolutionary alliance forged in Honolulu’s backstreets between Sun’s Xingzhonghui and the...
