Tasmania - Notable Historical Events
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Tasmania - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1642-11-24 |
Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) |
1643-06-15 |
Able Tasman returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania |
1804-10-09 |
Hobart Tasmania founded |
1836-02-06 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania) |
1836-02-17 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania |
1842-08-21 |
The city of Hobart, Tasmania, is founded. |
1851-02-11 |
1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston |
1895-01-30 |
Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years |
1896-01-27 |
Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory |
1898-12-12 |
1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania |
1902-12-10 |
Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania. |
1930-12-25 |
Tasmania all out 280, WI 2-139 at Hobart Crowd 2,500 |
1933-12-25 |
Stan Smith takes 8-33 for Victoria v Tasmania at Hobart |
1933-12-30 |
Jack Badcock scores 274 v Victoria, Tasmania's 1st double-ton |
1936-03-02 |
Bradman scores 369 in 253 mins, SA v Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes |
1936-09-07 |
The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. |
1959-09-23 |
1959 The M/S Princess of Tasmania Australia's first passenger RO/RO diesel ferry makes maiden voyage across Bass Strait. |
1967-02-01 |
Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives |
1975-01-05 |
14 die when British freighter "Lake Illawarra" rams pylon bridge between Derwent & Hobart, Tasmania & ship sinks |
1993-03-14 |
Ricky Ponting hits twin tons for Tasmania aged 18 years 84 days |
1994-10-13 |
Earliest start of Sheffield Shield season (Queensland v Tasmania) |
1996-04-28 |
Martin Bryant shoots & kills 35 in Port Arthur Tasmania |
1996-12-21 |
Pakistan all out 67 to lose to Tasmania by an inning |
1997-05-01 |
Tasmania becomes the last state in Australia to decriminalize homosexuality. |
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Tasmania - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1812-02-29 |
Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880, also on 29 February) |
1891-01-04 |
Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948) |
1909-04-12 |
Deny King, Southwest Tasmania: The Gliders |
1909-06-20 |
Errol Flynn, Hobart Tasmania, actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood) |
1914-04-10 |
Jack Badcock, cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's) |
1942-05-15 |
Doug Lowe, 35th Premier of Tasmania |
1949-08-14 |
John Tarrant, Tasmania, 1st Australian born Zen teacher |
1957-02-10 |
Debbie Brinkley, Tasmania, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open) |
1960-12-29 |
David Boon, cricketer (short backward square from Tasmania) |
1973-10-08 |
Toby Haenen, Hobart Tasmania Aus, backstroke swimmer (Olympics-96) |
1973-10-20 |
Scott Goodman, Hobart Tasmania Aus, 200m butterfly swimmer (Oly-br-96) |
1974-12-19 |
Ricky Ponting, cricketer (prodigious Tasmania batsman, Australia 1995) |
1975-10-31 |
Carla Boyd, Wynyard Tasmania, basketball player (Olympics-bronze-96) |
Tasmania - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1659-10-10 |
Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56 |
1874-01-04 |
Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) |
1880-02-29 |
Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February) |
1887-01-17 |
William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) |
1909-01-17 |
Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819 |
1936-01-02 |
Sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862) |
1943-10-24 |
Tasmania Darden, A Man's Duty |
1953-01-08 |
Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, British naval commander and Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883) |
1991-05-12 |
Deny King, Southwest Tasmania: The Gliders |
1995-06-10 |
Ron Morrisby, cricketer (prolific batsman for Tasmania 1931-52), dies |
