HMS Erebus (1826) and HMS Terror (1813) with 134 men under John Franklin sail from the River Thames in England, beginning a disastrous expedition to find the Northwest Passage. All hands are lost.,
PortugalexplorerVasco da Gama arrives at Kozhikode (previously known as Calicut), India.,
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