Explorer William Dampier

William Dampier

Living place: England

Birthday: 1-9-1651

Global rank: #47322

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Who is Explorer William Dampier?
British explorer who traveled to Australia and circumnavigated the world three times. His book A New Voyage Around the World was a huge hit at the time it was released in 1697. He
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stages Alexander Selkirk, an event that may have inspired the famous novel. by Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He wrote a book called A Round New World Voyage that was so impressed the senior officer of the British Navy that he had commanded a Royal Navy ship that sailed to western Australia.

Family life info

He was born in Somerset, England, and he studied in his youth at King's School, Bruton.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Explorer William Dampier?
He and Sir Walter Raleigh were both important British explorers.

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When was Explorer William Dampier born?
William Dampier was born in 1-9-1651, death year is , at the age of 373.
Where is Explorer William Dampier's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
William Dampier was born in England. is a Explorer, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. William Dampier's global rank is 47322 and whose rank is 70 in list of famous Explorer.
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Events in 1651 and 1-9

Birthday William Dampier (1-9) in history

  • Day 1-9 year 1807: Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr was found innocent of treason.
  • Day 1-9 year 1923: A devastating earthquake struck the Japanese cities of Tokyo and Yokohama. Nearly 150,000 people were killed and more than two million left homeless.
  • Day 1-9 year 1939: World War II began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
  • Day 1-9 year 1969: A coup in Libya toppled the monarchy of King Idris and brought Muammar al-Qaddafi to power.
  • Day 1-9 year 1983: A Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter, killing all 269 people aboard.
  • Day 1-9 year 1985: A joint U. S.-French expedition located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.
  • Day 1-9 year 2004: Chechen terrorists took about 1,200 schoolchildren and others hostage in Beslan, Russia. Commandos stormed the school on Sept. 3.
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