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 • The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Kingston, named for King George III of the United Kingdom, as the county seat of Dobbs County, North Carolina. The name is later shortened to Kinston in 1784. |
1820
Age: 53y
1820 • King Ferdinand VII of Spain accepts the new constitution, beginning the Trienio Liberal. |
1821
Nov 18
Age: 54y
1821 • Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. |