1774
| 1774 • English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to sight (and name) the island of New Caledonia in Melanesia. |
1787
Age: 13y
| 1787 • Antoine Lavoisier is the first to suggest that silica is an oxide of a thusfar unknown metallic chemical element, later isolated and named silicon. |
1806
May
Age: 32y
marriageDeborah Patterson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1806 • Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, removes the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens. |
1810
Oct 5
Age: 36y
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birth of childJanetta Wilson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1810 • Chile forms its First National Junta, which is the country's first step towards its independence. |
1838
Aug 27
Age: 64y
| 1838 • The Boers win a decisive victory over the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River. |
burialRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ At the High Bridge church cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |