David Bellamy, English botanist, is born 

English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 

The first landing of an aircraft on a ship's deck was made by US pilot Eugene Ely, in San Francisco Bay 

First shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania) 

French govt of Combes falls 

Captain Cook discovered the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii