| Year | Date | What/Event | Where | Notes |
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| 1738 | 6/4 | George III born | London | |
| 1743 | 2/2 | Joseph Banks born | London | |
| 1754 | 9/9 | William Bligh born | Plymouth | to Francis & Jane Bligh |
| 1760 | 9/22 | George III became King of England | London | |
| 1764 | 9/25 | Fletcher Christian born-Cumberland | Moorland Close | to Charles & Ann Christian |
| 1767 | 6/17 | Tahiti discovered - Samuel Wallis | Tahiti | in ship Dolphin |
| 1767 | 7/2 | Pitcairn Island discovered-Carteret | South Pacific | son of Maj. Pitcairn on Swallow |
| 1768 | 8/25 | Capt Cook departs in Endeavor | England | first Cook voyage of discovery |
| 1770 | 7/27 | Bligh enters active Naval Service | London | HMS Hunter-10 gun sloop-as AB |
| 1771 | 2/4 | Bligh promoted to Midshipman | | in HMS Hunter |
| 1771 | 9/22 | Bligh departed HMS Hunter | |
| 1771 | 9/22 | Bligh to HMS Crescent | London | 36 guns - Midshipman |
| 1774 | | Norfolk Island discovered | Norfolk IS | by Capt Cook |
| 1774 | 9/2 | Bligh depart HMS Crescent | London | |
| 1774 | 9/2 | Bligh on HMS Ranger | London | as AB |
| 1775 | 9/30 | Bligh appointed Midshipman | London | on HMS Ranger |
| 1776 | 3/20 | Bligh to Master HMS Resolution | London | Captaon James Cook |
| 1776 | 5/1 | Bligh passed the Lieutenants exam | |
| 1776 | 7/14 | Cook sails on 3rd voyage-Resolution | Plymouth | Bligh is sailing master |
| 1779 | 2/14 | Captain James Cook killed | Hawaii | |
| 1780 | 10/4 | Resolution/Bligh return to England | Nore | Bligh as navigator |
| 1781 | 2/4 | Bligh marries Elizabeth Betham | Conchan Parish | Betsy from Douglas |
| 1781 | 2/14 | Bligh appointed Master / Belle Poule | London | fought at Dogger Bank |
| 1781 | 9/5 | Bligh transferred from Belle Poule | London | |
| 1781 | 9/6 | Bligh transferred to HMS Berwick | London | Capt John Fergusson-74 guns |
| 1781 | 10/5 | Bligh promoted to Lieutenant | |
| 1781 | 12/31 | Bligh departed HMS Berwick | London | |
| 1782 | 1/1 | Bligh arrive HMS Princess Amelia | | Fifth Lieutenant- 80 guns |
| 1782 | 3/19 | Bligh depart HMS Princess Amelia | | after battle of Dogger Bank |
| 1782 | 3/20 | Bligh served on HMS Cambridge | | Jr. Lieutenant-also w/F Christian |
| 1783 | 1/13 | Bligh departed HMS Cambridge | London | went to 1/2 pay |
| 1783 | 4/25 | Fletcher Christian to HMS Eurydice | Spithead | as Midn- Capt George Courtney |
| 1783 | 6/4 | Bligh to command of Lynx | Jamica trade | merchant- for Duncan Campbell |
| | Bligh to command of Cambrian | Jamica trade | merchant- for Duncan Campbell |
| 1785 | | Bligh to command of Britannia | Jamica trade | merchant-Duncan Campbell |
| 1785 | | Britannia departs England | to Jamica | Bligh is Capt.w/ F. Christian |
| 1785 | | Britannia arrives England | from Jamica | F. Christian is gunner |
| 1787 | | Britannia departs England | to Jamica | Capt Bligh/F Christian 2nd mate |
| 1787 | 5/13 | First Fleet sails | Portsmouth | Capt Arthur Phillip-to Australia |
| 1787 | 5/23 | Bethia purchased by Admiralty | Deptford | Renamed Bounty |
| 1787 | 8/2 | Britannia arrives in England | Portsmouth | Bligh Capt- w/ F. Christian |
| 1787 | 8/6 | Bligh informed of Bounty command | London | by Campbell-letter to Banks |
| 1787 | 8/16 | Bligh appointed to command Bounty | London | |
| 1787 | 9/3 | Bounty out of shipyard dock | Deptford | Bounty then refitted |
| 1787 | 10/9 | Bounty sailed down the Thames | Longbeach | Loaded guns and ammo |
| 1787 | 12/23 | Bounty departs from England | Spithead | Breadfruit mission, with 46 men |
| 1788 | 1/6 | Bounty arrives at Canary Is. | Teneriffe | resupply |
| 1788 | 1/12 | Bounty departs Canary IS. | Teneriffe | |
| 1788 | 1/26 | Sydney Australia founded | Sydney | First Fleet- Capt Phillip |
| 1788 | Feb | Norfolk Island Penal Colony founded | Norfolk IS | First Fleet
- |
| 1788 | 3/2 | Fletcher Christian promoted to LT | at sea | 3 watches vice 2 on Bounty |
| 1788 | 3/11 | Matthew Quintal - 24 lashes | at sea | insolence/contempt to Fryer |
| 1788 | 3/28 | Start of attempt to round Cape Horn | Cape Horn | brutal weather for Bounty |
| 1788 | 4/22 | Bounty turns for Africa | Cape Horn | Bligh thanks crew |
| 1788 | 5/24 | Bounty arrives at Cape Town | Cape Town | resupply |
| 1788 | 5/24 | John Williams - 6 lashes- | Cape Town | neglect in heaving the lead |
| 1788 | 7/1 | Bounty departs Cape Town | Cape Town | resupplied |
| 1788 | 8/21 | Bounty arrives Adventure Bay | Tasmania | |
| 1788 | 9/4 | Bounty departs Adventure Bay | Tasmania | resupplied |
| 1788 | 10/9 | James Valentine dies-Bounty AB | at sea | asthma, and was bled |
| 1788 | 10/19 | W.Brown./ J.Mills grog stopped | at sea | refusing to dance/exercise |
| 1788 | 10/26 | Bounty arrives in Tahiti | Matavia Bay | to collect breadfruit |
| 1788 | 11/2 | Breadfruit tent/shore party setup | Tahiti | 9 Bounty crew -to collect plants |
| 1788 | 11/3 | John Adams - 12 lashes | Tahiti | allowed grudgeon to be stolen |
| 1788 | 12/5 | Matthew Thompson- 12 lashes | Tahiti | for insolence-disobey orders |
| 1788 | 12/9 | Bounty Surgeon John Huggan died | Tahiti | alcohol poisoning |
| 1788 | 12/27 | William Muspratt - 12 lashes | Tahiti | neglect of duty |
| 1788 | 12/29 | Robert Lamb - 12 lashes | Tahiit | neglect of duty-cleaver stolen |
| 1789 | 1/5 | 3 Bounty men deserted in the cutter | Tahiti | Churchill,Muspratt, Millward |
| 1789 | 1/6 | Midn Haywood confined in irons | Tahiti | was watch officer - 3 deserted |
| 1789 | 1/17 | Bounty sails found mildewed/rotted | Tahiti | new sails in storage |
| 1789 | 1/23 | 3 Bounty Deserters apprehended | Tahiti | With help from Tahitians |
| 1789 | 1/24 | 3 Bounty Deserters punished | Tahiti | Church 12,Musp 24,Millward 24 |
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| 1789 | 1/30 | Isaac Martin - 19 lashes | Tahiti | for striking a Tahitian |
| 1789 | 2/4 | 2nd floging for 3 Bounty deserters | Tahiti | Church 12,Musp 24,Millward 24 |
| 1789 | 2/6 | Bounty anchor line cut | Tahiti | cause/person never determined |
| 1789 | 3/2 | Tahitian man flogged on Bounty | Tahiti | for stealing Peckovers bedding |
| 1789 | 4/4 | Bounty departs Tahiti | Tahiti | 1015 breadfruit plants |
| 1789 | 4/22 | Bounty anchors at Nomuka | Friendly IS | for water- Natives a problem |
| 1789 | 4/26 | Bounty departs Nomuka | Friendly IS | Bligh angry |
| 1789 | 4/28 | Mutiny on the Bounty | South Pacific Ocean | |
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| 1789 | 4/29 | Bligh/launch to shore | Tofua | 23' launch-19 men |
| 1789 | 5/2 | John Norton died - Quartermaster | Tofua | Killed by Tofuans |
| 1789 | 5/2 | Bligh/launch depart Tofua | Tofua | Start of boat voyage |
| 1789 | 5/28 | Bounty arrives Tubuai w/mutineers | Tubuai | at anchor to explore island |
| 1789 | 6/6 | Bounty depart Tubuai w/mutineers | Tubuai | to Tahiti |
| 1789 | 6/16 | Bounty depart Tahiti w/mutineers | Matavia Bay | |
| 1789 | 6/16 | Bounty launch/Bligh arrive Timor | Coupang | 3618 miles |
| 1789 | 6/23 | Bounty arrive Tubuai w/mutineers | Tubuai | to set up colony |
| 1789 | 7/20 | David Nelson died | Coupang | Botanist on Bounty |
| 1789 | 8/20 | Bligh departs Timor in Resource | Coupang | purchased the schooner |
| 1789 | 9/12 | Bounty departs Tubuai | Tubuai | to Tahiti / failed colony |
| 1789 | 9/23 | Bounty departs Tahiti w/9 mutineers | Matavia Bay | last time in Tahiti-16 stayed |
| 1789 | 10/1 | BlighBounty crew arrive in Batavia | Batavia | in schooner Resource |
| 1789 | 10/10 | Resource and launch sold | Batavia | |
| 1789 | 10/10 | Thomas Hall died | Batavia | AB/ Cook |
| 1789 | 10/16 | Bligh departs Batavia in Vlydte | Batavia | with John Samuel & John Smith |
| 1789 | | William Elphinstone died | Batavia | masters mate |
| 1789 | | Peter Linkletter died | Batavia | Quartermaster |
| 1789 | | Robert Lamb AB/butcher died | at sea | enroute from Batavia to England |
| 1789 | | Thomas Ledward died-act surgeon | at sea-ship Welfare | enroute from Batavia to England |
| 1789 | 12/16 | Bligh arrives at Cape of Good Hope | Table Bay | in Dutch ship Vlydte |
| 1790 | 1/2 | Bligh departs Cape of Good Hope | Table Bay | in Vlydte w/ Samuel & Smith |
| 1790 | 1/15 | Bounty arrives in Pitcairn | Pitcairn Island | new settlement established |
| 1790 | 1/23 | Bounty is burned | Pitcairn Island | now 'Bounty Day' on Pitcairn |
| 1790 | 3/14 | Bligh arrives in England from
Batavia | Portsmouth | Isle of Wight boat from Vlydte |
| 1790 | 3/16 | Bligh formally reports Bounty mutiny | London | to the Admiralty |
| 1790 | 4/? | Charles Churchill died | Tahiti | murdered by Matthew Thompson |
| 1790 | 4/? | Matthew Thompson died- AB | Tahiti | murdered
by a Tahitian |
| 1790 | 7/1 | Bligh book 'Narrative' is published | London | First of Bounty books-G. Nichol |
| 1790 | 10/22 | Bligh court martialed for Bounty
loss | Spithead | exonerated- HMS Royal William |
| 1790 | 11/7 | HMS Pandora departs England | Spithead | Captain Edward Edwards |
| 1790 | 11/14 | Bligh to HMS Falcon- Captain | London | 14 gun sloop |
| 1790 | 12/15 | Bligh to HMS Medea- Captain | London | |
| 1790 | date ? | Fahoutu fell collecting eggs &
died | Pitcairn | Williams wife-first Pitcairn death |
| 1790 | 10/? | Thursday October Christian born | Pitcairn | first born on Pitcairn |
| 1790 | 12/15 | Bligh promoted to Post Captain | London | |
| 1791 | 3/23 | HMS Pandora arrives in Tahiti | Tahiti | 14 Bounty crew taken prisioners |
| 1791 | 4/16 | Bligh to Captain HMS Providence | London | |
| 1791 | 5/8 | HMS Pandora departs from Tahiti | Tahiti | 14 Bounty crew in a cage |
| 1791 | 8/3 | HMS Providence/Assistant Bligh sail | Portsmouth | on 2nd Breadfruit voyage |
| 1791 | 8/28 | HMS Pandora wreck | Great Barrier Reef | another boat voyage to Timor |
| 1791 | 8/28 | Henry Hillbrant died -cooper | Great Barrier Reef | Pandora wreck |
| 1791 | 8/28 | Richard Skinner died -AB | Great Barrier Reef | Pandora wreck |
| 1791 | 8/28 | John Sumner died -AB | Great Barrier Reef | Pandora wreck |
| 1791 | 8/28 | George Stewart died-ABmidshipman | Great Barrier Reef | Pandora wreck |
| 1791 | 9/17 | HMS Pandora boats arrive in Timor | Coupang | 10 Bounty crewmen |
| 1791 | date ? | Puarei/Obuarei died-date unknown | Pitcairn | Adams first consort-from Tahiti |
| 1792 | 4/10 | Providence/Assistant Bligh arrive | Tahiti | 2nd breadfruit collection |
| 1792 | 6/18 | Bounty/Pandora crew arrive England | Spithead | 10 Bounty crew /HMS Gorgon |
| 1792 | 7/1 | Bligh's book 'Voyage' published | London | by G. Nichol- 2nd Bounty book |
| 1792 | 7/20 | Providence/AssistantBligh depart | Tahiti | with breadfruit for Jamica |
| 1792 | 8/12 | Court martial of mutineers begins | HMS Duke | Portsmouth-10 Bounty crewmen |
| 1792 | 8/18 | Court martial of mutineers ends | Portsmouth | HMS Duke |
| 1792 | 10/29 | Burkitt, Ellison, Millward hanged | Spithead | HMS Brunswick |
| 1793 | 1/27 | Providence/Assistant Bligh arrive | Jamica | deliver breadfruit |
| 1793 | 6/17 | Providence/Assistant Bligh depart | Jamica | after service against France |
| 1793 | date ? | Nancy given to Williams | Pitcairn | start of the rebellion |
| 1793 | 8/1 | Talaloo/Tararo died- Raiatean | Pitcairn | killed by Menalee |
| 1793 | 8/2 | Oho/Uhuu died-Tubuain | Pitcairn | killed by Menalee |
| 1793 | 9/3 | Providence/Assistant Bligh arrive | England | at Deptford 8/7-Bligh to 1/2 pay |
| 1793 | 9/20 | Fletcher Christian died | Pitcairn | killed by Tahitian men |
| 1793 | 9/20 | William Brown died | Pitcairn | killed /b. England 1762 |
| 1793 | 9/20 | John Mills died | Pitcairn | killed/ b Scotland 1750 |
| 1793 | 9/20 | Isaac Martin died | Pitcairn | killed/ b USA 1758 |
| 1793 | 9/20 | John Williams died | Pitcairn | killed/ b. England 1765 |
| 1793 | 9/28 | Timoa/Teimau died-Tahitian | Pitcairn | killed by Menalee |
| 1793 | 10/1 | Menalee/Minarii died-Tahitian | Pitcairn | killed by McCoy |
| 1793 | 10/4 | Nehow/Niau died- Tahitian | Pitcairn | killed by Young |
| 1793 | 10/4 | Tetaheite/Taroamiva died-Tubuain | Pitcairn | killed by Susan |
| 1794 | 5/1 | Minutes of Bounty court martial | Portsmouth | published by Stephen Barney |
| 1794 | 5/14 | Appendix to court martial Minutes | Portsmouth | published by Edward Christian |
| 1794 | 12/3 | Bligh Answer to Christian Appendix | London | published by Bligh/G. Nichol |
| 1795 | | Short Reply to Bligh's Answer | London | published by Edward Christian |
| 1795 | 4/30 | Bligh to command- HMS Calcutta | | 24 guns |
| 1796 | 1/7 | Bligh departs HMS Calcutta | |
| 1796 | 1/7 | Bligh to command -HMS Director | | 64 guns |
| 1797 | 4/16 | Mutiny at Spithead | Spithead | mutiny 4/16 to 5/15 |
| 1797 | 5/12 | Mutiny at the Nore | London | mutiny 5/12 to 6/13 |
| 1797 | 5/19 | Bligh ordered off of HMS Director | Sheerness | Mutiny at the Nore |
| 1797 | 6/16 | Bligh returned to HMS Director | Sheerness | then to Camperdown Battle |
| 1798 | date ? | William McCoy died | Pitcairn | suicide - drunk/b. 1763 Scotland |
| 1798 | date ? | William Muspratt died - tailor | England | |
| 1798 | | John Hallet died - midshipman | at sea | HMS Penelope sinking |
| 1798 | 4-? | Thomas Hayward died-midshipman | at sea | HMS Swift sinking |
| 1799 | date ? | Tevarua/Big Sully/Sarah died | Pitcairn | Quintal consort |
| 1799 | date ? | Matthew Quintal killed | Pitcairn | by Adams and Young/b 1766 |
| 1800 | 7/3 | Bligh departed HMS Director | London | shore leave in London |
| 1800 | 12/25 | Edward Young died-midshipman | Pitcairn | of asthma/b. 1762 W.I. |
| 1801 | 3/13 | Bligh command of MHS Glatton | Yarmouth | Battle of Copenhagen |
| 1801 | 4/13 | Bligh departed HMS Glatton | Copenhagen | thanked by Nelson |
| 1801 | 4/13 | Bligh to command of HMS Monarch | Copenhagen | 74 guns-appoint by Adm Parker |
| 1801 | 5/7 | Bligh departed HMS Monarch | Nore | |
| 1801 | 5/8 | Bligh command of HMS Irresistible | Nore | 74 guns- |
| 1801 | 5/21 | Bligh elected Fellow, Royal Society | London | |
| 1802 | 5/28 | Bligh departed HMS Irresistible | London | stood down - 1/2 pay |
| 1804 | 5/2 | Bligh to command-HMS Warrior | Plymouth | |
| 1805 | 2/25 | Bligh court martial started | HMS San Josef | re Warrior-Lt Frazier |
| 1805 | 2/26 | Bligh court martial concluded | Torbay | Bligh reprimanded/admonished |
| 1805 | 2/26 | Bligh returned to Warrior | Portsmouth | as Commanding Officer |
| 1805 | 4/29 | Bligh appointed Governor of NSW | London | |
| 1806 | 2/20 | Bligh departs England for NSW | London | HMS Porpoise & Lady Sinclair |
| 1806 | 8/8 | Bligh arrives in NSW as governor | Sydney | became governor 8/14 |
| 1807 | | James Morrison died/masters mate | at sea | gunner-HMS Blenhiem |
| 1808 | 1/26 | Bligh deposed as governor of NSW | Sydney | Rum Rebellion |
| 1808 | 2/6 | Capt Folger rediscovers Pitcairn IS | Pitcairn | in American sealer Topaz |
| 1809 | 5/14 | Admiralty notified-Bounty at
Pitcairn | London | news via Brazil-Lt Fitzmarice |
| 1810 | 5/12 | Bligh departs NSW | Sydney | in HMS Hindostan |
| 1810 | 10/25 | Bligh arrives in England from NSW | Spithead | then Bligh to London |
| 1810 | date ? | Mareva
died | Pitcairn | Manarii/Teimua/Niau-Adams |
| 1810 | date ? | Yeatuahitea died | Pitcairn | Brown consort |
| 1811 | 7/31 | Bligh promoted to Rear Admiral | London | flag never broken at sea |
| 1812 | 4/15 | Bligh's wife Elizabeth died | Lambeth | buried at Lambeth |
| 1814 | 6/4 | Bligh promoted to Vice Admiral | London | at his home |
| 1814 | 9/17 | Capts Pipon & Stains arrive
Pitcairn | Pitcairn | HMS Tagus & Briton |
| 1817 | 5/26 | John Fryer died -Bounty Master | Norfolk UK | Wells next the sea |
| 1817 | 10/17 | American ship Sultan visit Pitcairn | Pitcairn | Capt Caleb Reynolds |
| 1817 | 10/19 | Jenny departed Pitcairn to Tahiti | Pitcairn | on American Ship Sultan |
| 1817 | 12/7 | Bligh died of cancer | London | buried at
Lambeth |
| 1819 | 1/18 | British ship Hercules arrives
Pitcairn | Pitcairn | Capt Henderson-brought books |
| 1819 | 3/2 | American ship Elizabeth arrives | Pitcairn | Capt Henry King |
| 1819 | 3/5 | American whaler Stanton arrives | Pitcairn | Capt Burtch |
| 1819 | 7/17 | Jenny interview published | Sydney | in Sydney Gazette |
| 1820 | 6/19 | Sir Joseph Banks died | London | Spring Grove-Isleworth |
| 1820 | 1/29 | King George III died | London | Windsor Castle |
| 1821 | 4/23 | English ship Surry arrives Pitcairn | Pitcairn | Capt Thomas Raine |
| 1822 | 3/8 | American whaler Russell arrives | Pitcairn | CDR Frederic Arthur |
| 1823 | 12/10 | English whaler Cyrus arrives | Pitcairn | Master John Hall |
| 1823 | 12/10 | John Buffett/John Evans arrived | Pitcairn | on ship Cyrus from London |
| 1825 | 12/5 | HMS Blossom visited Pitcairn | Pitcairn | Capt Beechey |
| 1826 | 3/7 | Sarah/Sully died-Chas Christian wife | Pitcairn | Teio's baby from Tahiti |
| 1826 | 12/14 | Jane Quintal departed Pitcairn | Pitcairn | Ship Lovely Ann-Capt Blythe |
| 1828 | 11/5 | George Hunn Nobbs arrived | Pitcairn | with Noah Bunker in small boat |
| 1829 | 3/5 | John Adams died | Pitcairn | Buried on Pitcairn/b1763 London |
| 1829 | 3/14 | Teio/Mary died | Pitcairn | John Adams wife- blind |
| 1831 | 2/10 | Peter Heywood died -Post Captain | England | after distinguished naval career |
| 1831 | 3/7 | Pitcairners move to Tahiti | from Pitcairn | via Lucy Ann & Comet |
| 1831 | 3/21 | Pitcairners arrive in Tahiti | from Pitcairn | via Lucy Ann & Comet |
| 1831 | 4/21 | Thursday October Christian died | Tahiti | first born on Pitcairn |
| 1831 | 4/29 | Vahineatua/Prudence died | Tahiti | Mills/Adams consort |
| 1831 | 6/9 | Toowhaiti/Nancy died | Tahiti | Tararo/Williams/Young consort |
| 1831 | 6/27 | 1st Pitcairners back to Pitcairn | from Tahiti | via Courier de Bordeaux |
| 1831 | 9/3 | Last Pitcairners back to Pitciarn | from Tahiti | via Am whaler Charles Doggett |
| date ? | Tehuteatuaonoa/Jenny died | Tahiti | Adams/Martin consort |
| 1832 | 10/28 | Joshua Hill arrived | Pitcairn | via barque Maria from Tahiti |
| 1834 | 3/10 | William Purcell died- Carpenter | England | Last of Bounty crew -in asylum |
| 1837 | 12/9 | Joshua Hill departs Pitcairn | Pitcairn | via HMS Imogene/ Capt Bruce |
| 1838 | 11/29 | Pitcairn became British Colony | Pitcairn | HMS Fly -Capt Russell Elliott |
| 1838 | 11/29 | Edward Quintal 1st Chief Magistrate | Ptcairn | election supervized by Elliott |
| 1841 | 9/14 | Mauatua/Maimiti died | Pitcairn | Christian/Young consort |
| 1850 | 7/15 | Teraura/Teopiti/Susannah died | Pitcairn | Young/Quintal/T.O. Christian |
| 1856 | 5/2 | Pitcairners move to Norfolk Island | Pitcairn | via HMS Morayshire |
| 1856 | 6/8 | Pitcairners arrive at Norfolk Island | Norfolk IS | on HMS Moyayshire |
| 1858 | 3/15 | Wild Wave crew -Capt Knowles | arrive Pitcairn | in boat from wreck on Oeno Is. |
| 1859 | 1/17 | 1st Pitcairners back to Pitcairn | from Norfolk IS | via brig Mary Ann |
| 1863 | 12/18 | 2nd Pitcairners back to Pitcairn | from Norfolk IS | via ship St Kilda |
| 1884 | 11/6 | George Hunn Nobbs died | Norfolk IS | |
| 1891 | 5/5 | John Buffett died | Norfolk IS | |
| 1891 | 12/30 | John Evans died | Norfolk IS | |
| 1886 | 10/18 | John Tay arrives via sloop Pelican | Pitcairn | 7th Day Adventist layman |
| 1890 | 11/25 | Schooner Pitcairn arrrives | Pitcairn | w/ John Tay & 7th Day minister |
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