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 • Neolin, a Delaware tribe prophet, begins to preach in America. |
1820
Age: 53y
| 1820 • The Argentine Confederation (Argentina) establishes a penal colony in the Falkland Islands. |
1821
Nov 18
Age: 54y
| 1821 • The Republic of Gran Colombia (a federation covering much of present day Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Ecuador) is established, with Simón Bolívar as the founding President and Francisco de Paula Santander as vice president. |