| 1767 |
Pitcairn
Island
was
discovered.
|
| 1774 |
Norfolk
Island was discovered by Captain James Cook on 10 October. |
| 1789 |
The
Mutiny
aboard
H.M.S. Bounty on 28 April. |
| 1790 |
Nine
Mutineers ,
eighteen Tahitians and one infant landed on Pitcairn Island. |
| 1808 |
The
Pitcairners were
discovered when the American ship Topaz called at the Island. |
| 1831 |
The
Pitcairn
population moved to Tahiti but returned to Pitcairn within six months. |
| 1838 |
Captain
Elliott of
H.M.S. Fly on behalf of the British Cown, took formal possession of
Pitcairn Island. |
| 1853 |
The
Pitcairn
Islanders requested the British Government to move them to Norfolk
Island. |
| 1856 |
The
Pitcairn
Islanders embarked on the "Morayshire" on 3 May they landed on Norfolk
Island on 8 June. |
| 1859 |
A
grant of
twenty
hectares of land was made to the head of each family on Norfolk Island.
|
