Evidence of the first settlement of Honolulu by the
original Polynesian migrants to the archipelago comes from oral histories and
artifacts. These indicate that there was a settlement where Honolulu now stands
in the 11th century. However, after Kamehameha I conquered Oʻahu in the Battle
of Nuʻuanu at
Nuʻuanu Pali,
he moved his royal court from the Island of Hawai
