Mar 1788British establishpenal colony onNorfolk Island
Mar 1789Whaling beginsin South Pacific
28 Apr 1789Mutineers seize controlof HMS Bounty
28 Apr–14 Jun 1789Bligh travels to Timorin open-boat
28 Apr 1789–15 Jan 1790Bounty mutineerssail to Tahiti andPitcairn I.