1779

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18th century | 1770s
1773 • 1774 • 1775 • 1776 • 1777 • 1778 • 1780 • 1781 • 1782 • 1783 • 1785
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In 1779 James Cook was killed by a member of a Hawaiian tribe, his skull smashed. The incident ended the obsession with Polynesians that had engulfed England in the 18th century. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street)

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