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Percivall Pott
1788Dec, 22

Percivall Pott

Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
Percivall Pott (6 January 1714, in London – 22 December 1788) was an English surgeon, one of the founders of orthopaedics, and the first scientist to demonstrate that a cancer may be caused by an environmental carcinogen.

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  • 18Jan

    Botany Bay

    The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
  • 26Jan

    Australia Day

    The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Commemorated as Australia Day.
  • 6Feb

    United States Constitution

    Massachusetts becomes the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
  • 23May

    United States Constitution

    South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
  • 21Jun

    Constitution of the United States

    New Hampshire ratifies the Constitution of the United States and is admitted as the ninth state in the United States.