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 • The first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the U.S. Constitution, is published in a New York paper. |
1806
May
Age: 32y
marriageDeborah Patterson 1 Source ⇓ |
1810
Oct 5
Age: 36y
birth of childJanetta Wilson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1810 • Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. |
1838
Aug 27
Age: 64y
| 1838 • The first known report about the lowest temperature on Earth was made, indicating −60 °C (−76 °F) in Yakutsk. |
burialRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ At the High Bridge church cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |