Black Week | |||||||
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Part of Hawaiian rebellions (1887–1895) | |||||||
USRC Thomas Corwin, whose unexpected arrival caused the incident | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States United Kingdom |
Provisional Government of Hawaii | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Albert S. Willis John Irwin |
Sanford B. Dole | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
United States
United Kingdom |
The Black Week was a crisis in Honolulu, Hawaii that nearly caused a war between the Hawaiian Provisional Government and the United States.[citation needed]