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James Cook

British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)

42 dated entries naming James Cook, drawn from 16 separate years between 1728 CE and 1826 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1728October 27 – James Cook, British naval commander and explorer (died 1779)source
  • 172827 October (O.S.) – James Cook, naval captain and explorer (died 1779)source
  • 1728November 7 - James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (died 1779)source
  • 1758February 22 – A fleet of 158 British Royal Navy warships, under the command of Admiral Edward Boscawen, departs from Plymouth toward North America in an effort to conquer the French Canadian territories of New France. Many of the sailors die of nutritional deficiencies along the way, including the scurvy that kills 26 of the crew of HMS Pembroke, captained by future world explorer James Cook on his first long voyage.source
  • 1768August 26 – James Cook departs from Plymouth aboard HMS Endeavour on his first voyage of discovery.source
  • 176826 August – James Cook departs from Plymouth aboard HMS Endeavour on his first voyage of discovery.source
  • 1769April 13 – James Cook arrives in Tahiti, on the ship HM Bark Endeavour, preparing for the 1769 Transit of Venus observed from Tahiti on June 3. After the voyage, the data is found to be inaccurate in determining the distance between the Sun and Earth.source
  • 176913 April – first voyage of James Cook: James Cook arrives in Tahiti on the ship HM Bark Endeavour, preparing to observe the transit of the planet Venus, which takes place on 3 June. After the voyage, the data is found to be inaccurate in determining the distance between the Sun and Earth.source
  • 1769October 1 – James Cook names White Island, off the coast of New Zealand.source
  • 17709 March – Haggis is served on board Captain James Cook's ship HMS Endeavour, anchored off New Zealand, in celebration of the birthday of a Scottish officer on board, Cook himself having a Scottish father.source
  • 1770March 26 – First voyage of James Cook: English explorer Captain James Cook and his crew aboard HMS Endeavour complete the circumnavigation of New Zealand.source
  • 1770April 18 (April 19 by Cook's log) 18:00 – First voyage of James Cook: English explorer Captain James Cook and his crew become the first recorded Europeans to encounter the eastern coastline of the Australian continent. Land is sighted at Point Hicks, and named after Lieutenant Hicks who first observes landform at 6am.source
  • 177018 April (19 April by Cook's log) – first voyage of James Cook: English explorer Captain James Cook and his crew aboard HMS Endeavour become the first recorded Europeans to encounter the eastern coastline of the Australian continent.source
  • 1771Captain James Cook completes his first voyage around the world.source
  • 177112 July – first voyage of James Cook (begun 1768): HMS Endeavour anchors in The Downs, and Captain Cook goes ashore at Deal, Kent, following his global circumnavigation.source
  • 1772James Cook and George Vancouver explore the northwest coast of America.source
  • 177213 July – navigator James Cook sets out from Plymouth on HMS Resolution for a second Pacific voyage.source
  • 1773January 17 – Second voyage of James Cook: Captain Cook in HMS Resolution (1771) becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.source
  • 177317 January – second voyage of James Cook: Captain Cook in HMS Resolution becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.source
  • 1773August 11 – Second voyage of James Cook in the Tuamotus: Captain Cook discovers Tekokota, which he names Doubtful Island.source
  • 1774June 16–17 – English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to sight (and name) Palmerston Island in the South Pacific Ocean.source
  • 1774September 4 – English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to sight (and name) the island of New Caledonia in Melanesia.source
  • 1775January 17 – Second voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook takes possession of South Georgia for the Kingdom of Great Britain.source
  • 1775July 30 – Second voyage of James Cook: HMS Resolution anchors off the south coast of England, Captain Cook having completed the first eastbound global circumnavigation.source
  • 177530 July – second voyage of James Cook: HMS Resolution anchors at Spithead, Captain Cook having completed the first eastabout global circumnavigation.source
  • 1776July 12 – Captain James Cook sets off from Plymouth, England, in HMS Resolution on his third voyage, to the Pacific Ocean and Arctic, which will be fatal to him.source
  • 177612 July – Captain James Cook sets off from Plymouth in HMS Resolution on his third voyage, to the Pacific Ocean and Arctic, which will be fatal to him.source
  • 1777March 29–30 – Third voyage of James Cook: English explorer Captain Cook discovers Mangaia and Atiu in the Cook Islands.source
  • 1777December 24 – Third voyage of James Cook: English explorer Captain Cook locates Kiritimati (Christmas Island).source
  • 177724 December – Kiritimati (Christmas Island) visited by James Cook.source
  • 1778January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first views Oʻahu then Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he names the Sandwich Islands.source
  • 1778January 18 – The third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first view O'ahu then Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the Sandwich Islands.source
  • 177818 January – the third Pacific expedition of James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".source
  • 1778March 6–October 24 – Captain Cook explores and maps the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, from Cape Foulweather (Oregon) to the Bering Strait.source
  • 1778March 29 – April 26 British Captain James Cook explores Alaskan coast, seeking Northwest Passage back to the Atlantic. On the last of three voyages to the west coast, he travels as far north as the Bering Strait and claims Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island for the British. While there, he trades for sea otter pelts. On the way back to England his crew almost mutinied, desperately wanting to go back to the Pacific Northwest, after stopping in China and discovering how much sea otter pelts were worth.source
  • 1778November 26 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.source
  • 1778November 26 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Capt. James Cook becomes the first European to land on Maui.source
  • 1779James Cook February 14, 1779, Explorer and Navigatorsource
  • 1779February 14 – James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (born 1728)source
  • 1779February 14 – James Cook killed by Hawaiian natives, cutting short his search for Northwest Passage. (born 1728)source
  • 1784James Cook's journal of his last voyage published in London.source

19th century

  • 1826Jules Dumont d'Urville arrives in New Zealand on the Astrolabe during his circumnavigation. He charts much of New Zealand that Cook did not, in particular the Marlborough Sounds. (see also 1827).source

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