1728
| 1728 • August 29 city of Nuuk founded in Greenland as fort Godt-Haab by royal governor Claus Paarss. |
1788
Jun 2
Age: 60y
| 1788 • The La Perouse expedition in the Astrolabe and Boussole arrives off Botany Bay just as Captain Arthur Phillip is attempting to move his colony from there to Sydney Cove in Port Jackson. |