Oeno Island - History

History

June 1819
Captain James Henderson of the British East India Company ship Hercules sights Oeno Island.
26 January 1824
Captain George Worth aboard the American whaler Oeno names the atoll after his ship.
5 March 1858
The Wild Wave, a 1500 ton clipper ship sailing from San Francisco, is wrecked on Oeno's reef.
1875
The Khandeish is wrecked on Oeno
23 August 1883
The Oregon is wrecked on Oeno
April 1893
The Bowdon is wrecked on Oeno
10 July 1902
Oeno annexed by the United Kingdom
1938
Incorporated into the Pitcairn Islands colony
1997
Polynesian Rats exterminated

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