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1742
Jan 8
| 1742 • Charles Jervas's English translation of Don Quixote is published posthumously. Through a printer's error, the translator's name is printed as 'Charles Jarvis', leading the book to forever be known as the Jarvis translation. It is acclaimed as the most faithful English rendering of the novel made up to that time. |
1774
Jul 31
Age: 32y
| 1774 • English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to sight (and name) Norfolk Island in the Pacific Ocean, uninhabited at this date. |
1779
Nov 22
Age: 37y
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deathFauquier, Virginia, USA ⇓ Died of exposure while serving in the Continental Army 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1779 • Fort Nashborough, later to become Nashville, Tennessee, is founded by James Robertson. |