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 • Freed slave Ottobah Cugoano publishes Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species in England. |
1806
May
Age: 32y
marriageDeborah Patterson 1 Source ⇓ |
1810
Oct 5
Age: 36y
birth of childJanetta Wilson Virginia, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1810 • The United States annexes the Republic of West Florida. |
1838
Aug 27
Age: 64y
| 1838 • The 5th century BC bronze Chatsworth Head is acquired by the 6th Duke of Devonshire at Smyrna from H. P. Borrell. |
burialRockbridge County, Virginia, USA ⇓ At the High Bridge church cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |