- Post
- #702368
- Topic
- The Historical Discussion Thread: All Discussion Pertaining to History is Welcome
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/702368/action/topic#702368
- Time
April 28:
A.D. 585: A war between Media and Lydia is ended by a solar eclipse.
A.D. 1686: The first volume of Isaac Newton's Principia is published.
A.D. 1770: Captain James Cook lands in Botany Bay.
A.D. 1789: Fletcher Christian and other crewmembers of the H.M.S. Bounty mutiny against Captain Bligh, who is abandoned in a boat with the remaining loyal crewmembers.
A three volume book was written about the mutiny and the survival of Captain Bligh et al. I read the second volume, but haven't gotten around to the first and third yet (they're readable as individual stories).