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Louis de Freycinet
1842Aug, 18

Louis de Freycinet

Louis de Freycinet, French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (7 August 1779 – 18 August 1841) was a French Navy officer. He circumnavigated the earth, and in 1811 published the first map to show a full outline of the coastline of Australia.

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  • 13Jan

    1842 retreat from Kabul

    Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
  • 9Mar

    Rancho San Francisco

    The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush.
  • 30Mar

    Crawford Long

    Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
  • 14Aug

    Seminole Wars

    American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
  • 7Dec

    Ureli Corelli Hill

    First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.