1762-12-21 British Explorer Captain James Cook marries Elizabeth Batts
Historical Events
1768-08-25 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England, on his first voyage on board the Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean
1769-10-08 Captain James Cook lands in New Zealand (Poverty Bay)
1770-04-19 British explorer Captain James Cook first sights Australia
1770-04-20 Captain James Cook arrives in New South Wales
1770-04-28 British Captain James Cook, aboard the Endeavour, lands at Botany Bay in Australia
1770-06-11 Captain James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia
1770-08-22 James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia
1771-07-12 James Cook sails Endeavour back to Downs, England
1772-07-13 Captain James Cook begins 2nd voyage aboard the Resolution to the South Seas to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent)
1772-10-30 Captain James Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown
1773-01-17 Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33' S)
1773-12-18 A skirmish at Grass Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound results in the deaths of two Māori and nine members of James Cook's expedition, New Zealand
1774-01-30 Captain James Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record)
1774-07-17 Captain James Cook arrives in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
1775-07-30 Captain James Cook with Resolution returns to England
1776-07-11 Captain James Cook begins his third voyage
1776-07-12 Captain James Cook departs with Resolution for 3rd trip to Pacific Ocean
1776-11-30 Captain James Cook begins 3rd and last trip to the Pacific
1777-12-08 Captain James Cook leaves Society Islands
1777-12-24 Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook
1778-01-18 Captain James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands)
1778-03-07 Captain James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast at Yaquina Bay
1778-03-15 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island discovered by Captain James Cook
1778-03-22 Captain James Cook sights Cape Flattery, now in Washington state
1778-08-09 Captain James Cook reaches Cape Prince of Wales, Bering Straits