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Timor

island bordering the south of maritime Southeast Asia and the north of the Australian continental plate

7 dated entries naming Timor, drawn from 6 separate years between 1512 CE and 2021 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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16th century

  • 1512António de Abreu discovers Timor Island, and reaches the Banda Islands, Ambon Island and Seram.source
  • 1515The Portuguese are the first Europeans to land in Timor island, as the first settlers arrive to the north coast of Madeira Island, there establishing Saint George.source

18th century

  • 1749November 9 – Battle of Penfui on Timor: A large Topass army is defeated by a numerically inferior Dutch East India Company.source
  • 178914 June – Mutiny on the Bounty survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 4,000-mile journey in an open boat.source
  • 1789July 14 – Survivors of the mutiny on the Bounty, including Captain William Bligh and 18 others, reach Timor after a nearly 4,000 mi journey in an open boat.source

19th century

  • 1859The island of Timor is divided between Portugal and the Netherlands.source

21st century

  • 2021April 4 – More than 270 people are killed in Indonesia and East Timor after Cyclone Seroja strikes East Nusa Tenggara and the island of Timor.source

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