Significant+dates+of+Captain+James+Cook's+Life


 * Significant dates that had occured during Captain James' Cook's life was:

1728:** 27th October. Born at Marton in Cleveland England
 * 1735:** family moved to Aireyholme farm
 * 1740:** went to school at Great Ayton
 * 1745:** Worked in Sanderson's shop in Straithes
 * 1747:** Apprenticed to the Walker family of Whitby
 * 1755:** Joins Royal Navy on the HMS Eagle as an Able Seaman
 * 1757:** Master of the HMS Pembroke
 * 1759:** Master HMS Nothumberland taking part in surveying the St. Lawerence River, Canada
 * 1768:** August, The Endeavour Bark, sails on the first voyage
 * 1771:** July, The Endeavour Bark returns home
 * 1772:** July, the Resolution and adventurer sail on the second voyage around the world
 * 1775:** July, The Resolution and Adventurer return home
 * 1776:** July, the Resolution and Discovery set sail on the thrid voyage around the world
 * 1779:** Captain Cook was killed in the Sandwhich Islands known as Hawii today
 * 1780:** October, the remaining crew of the fatal thrid voyage returned home