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What Happened In August 1770 In History

Historical Events for August, 1770

  • 21st » James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Kingdom of Great Britain called Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.
  • 22nd » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island (Queensland) e.g Possession Island, Queensland and claims the east coast of Australia as New South Wales in the name of George III of the United Kingdom known as King George III.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1770

  • 1st » William Clark (explorer) or William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th List of Governors of Missouri known as Governor of Missouri Territory (d. 1838)
  • 3rd » Frederick William III of Prussia (d. 1840)
  • 27th » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher and academic (d. 1831)
  • 28th » Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Livonian philologist and academic (d. 1852)

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