Historical Events

Exploration of Cape Cod

1620 Myles Standish leads 16 men in a foot exploration of the northern portion of Cape Cod

1679 English House of Commons accepts Exclusion Bill

Glorious Revolution

1688 Prince William of Orange 's army lands at Torbay, England; the 'Glorious Revolution' commences

Flying Gang Captured

1720 Pirates Anne Bonny , Mary Read and Calico Jack are captured by Capt. Jonathan Barnet and brought to the Spanish Town of Jamaica, for trial

1824 Series of fires kills 10 in Edinburgh, Scotland

Darwin Reaches Tahiti

1835 Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti on board HMS Beagle, the location where he would formulate his ideas later written in The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

Pitman Introduces Shorthand

1837 Isaac Pitman introduc

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