Gustaf III … King Of SwedenAge: 461746–1792
- Name
- Gustaf III … King Of Sweden
- Given names
- Gustaf III
- Name suffix
- King Of Sweden
Birth | 1746 |
Marriage | Sophia Magdalena … - View family 1766 (Age 20) |
Australian History | 1770 (Age 24) Note: English Lieutenant James Cook's expedition in HM Bark Endeavour charts the eastern coast, and claims it for the British Crown. Australia dubbed 'terra nullius' i.e., according to the European legal precepts of the era, it was 'owned' by no-one. |
Australian History | 1788 (Age 42) Note: The British First Fleet, led by Governor Arthur Phillip arrives in New South Wales to found first European settlement and penal colony at Sydney. Colony includes 'all the islands adjacent in the Pacific Ocean' and running westward to the 135th meridian east. This claim included the islands of New Zealand, which were administered as part of New South Wales. Note: British settlement founded at Norfolk Island. |
Australian History | 1790 (Age 44) Note: Beleaguered Second Fleet arrives. Colony gripped by food crisis. |
Australian History | 1792 (on the date of death) Note: Two French ships, La Recherche and L'Esp�rance, anchor at Recherche Bay, near the southernmost point of Tasmania at a time when England and France were racing around the globe to be the first to discover and colonise Australia. Note: Governor Philip returns to England, accompanied by his friend Bennelong and a companion who become the first Australian born person to sail to Europe. |
Death | 1792 (Age 46) |
Family with Sophia Magdalena … - View family |
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Gustaf III … King Of Sweden
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Sophia Magdalena …
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Marriage: 1766 |
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