| 2018 | 12 Dec |
The Pitcairn Islands form the southeasternmost extension of the geological archipelago of the Tuamotus of French Polynesia . . . |
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11 Nov |
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War One between the Allies and Germany . . . |
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19 Sep |
Like squids and cuttlefish, the octopus is a cephalopod which means it has a large head and many arms, or tentacles . . . |
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18 Jul |
Pitcairn's proximity to the equator is roughly the same as Hawaii and gives the island a similar sub-tropical climate . . . |
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30 May |
On 27 November 2017, Clarence House announced that Prince Harry would marry Ms Meghan Markle in the spring of 2018 . . . |
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05 Apr |
Pitcairn’s Constitution, signed onboard the HMS Fly on 30 November 1838, incorporated Pitcairn into the British Empire and included two notable firsts in British legislation : female suffrage and compulsory schooling. . . |
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27 Feb |
When the mutineers burnt the HMAV Bounty on January 23, 1790 to avoid detection from the authorities, much was sent to the seabed of Bounty Bay . . . |
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| 2017 | 07 Dec |
William Bligh was born on 9 September 1754, most probably in Plymouth, Devon. He was signed for the Royal Navy at age seven, at a time when it was common to sign early for a commission . . . |
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25 Oct |
Coccinella transversalis, commonly known as the transverse ladybird or transverse lady beetle/ladybug is a species of beetle found from India across southern and south-eastern Asia to Malesia (a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalaya ecozone and Australasia ecozone), Australia and into the Pacific . . . |
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13 Sep |
250 years ago on July 2nd 1767, a young boy high in the crow’s nest of the HMS Swallow, shouted "Land Ahoy" and Pitcairn's Island was first sighted by a European . . . |
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26 Jul |
Since early 2011 the Pew Environment Group's Global Ocean Legacy project has been working with the Pitcairn islanders on the idea of establishing a large scale marine reserve within their waters . . . |
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17 May |
In 1766 Captain Philip Carteret was given the command of the HMS Swallow to circumnavigate the world as consort to the HMS Dolphin . . . |
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30 Mar |
In September 1789 after the mutiny and while staying briefly on Tahiti, Fletcher Christian became concerned that some of his men were ready to rebel against him . . . |
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22 Feb |
Rosalind Amelia Young was born on August 13th, 1853, the daughter of Simon Young and Mary Buffett Christian . . . |
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| 2015 | 15 Oct |
October 15 2015 is exactly 75 years since the Pitcairn Islands released its first issue of postage stamps . . . |
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