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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