1767
| 1767 • Pitcairn Island in the Pacific Ocean is sighted from HMS Swallow by 15-year-old Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on a British Royal Navy expeditionary voyage commanded by Philip Carteret, the first definite European sighting. |
1762
Jan 1
| 1762 • James Stuart and Nicholas Revett's architectural treatise Antiquities of Athens. |
1820
Age: 53y
| 1820 • Revolution breaks out in Lisbon against John VI of Portugal. |
1821
Nov 18
Age: 54y
| 1821 • The Philikí Etaireía are decisively defeated by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia). |