Kapiʻolani

Kapiʻolani was the queen of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi as the consort of Mōʻī (king) Kalākaua, who reigned from 1874 to his death in 1891, when she became known as the Dowager Queen Kapiʻolani. Deeply interested in the health and welfare of Native Hawaiians, Kapiʻolani established the Kapiʻolani Home for Girls, for the education of the daughters of residents of the Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement, and the Kapiʻolani Maternity Home, where Hawaiian mothers and newborns could receive care.

31 December 1834

Born on the same birth day (31 December): Barry Hughes • Edward Bunker • Elizabeth Arden • Evelyn Knight (singer) • Johann Spurzheim • Michael McDonald (comedian) • Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1987) • Odetta • Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein • Taylor Hackford • Valerie Pearl

Born in the same month (December 1834): Léon Walras