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 • A Charter of Justice is signed providing the authority for the establishment of the first New South Wales (i.e. Australian) Courts of Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction. |
1806
May
Age: 32y
marriageDeborah Patterson 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1806 • Pike expedition: During his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (later named Pikes Peak in his honor). |
1810
Oct 5
Age: 36y
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birth of childJanetta Wilson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
1838
Aug 27
Age: 64y
| 1838 • Five nuns from the Religious Sisters of Charity in Ireland become the first women of religion to set foot on Australian soil. |
burialRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ At the High Bridge church cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |