Tag: John Davis in 1592

• Wednesday, August 14th 2024 - 11:26 UTC

  Falklands Day celebration in the Islands and London

  

  Today 14th August the Falkland Islands are celebrating when 432 years ago in 1592, English explorer John Davis recorded the first sighting of the Falkland Islands from aboard the vessel “Desire”.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 18:41 UTC

  Falkland Islands remember the naval sacrifices of 1982

  

  As a sea-faring nation, surrounded by the South Atlantic, the Falkland Islands have become a final resting place for many ships over time. Many of these were merchant trading vessels that suffered accidental damage at sea due to adverse sailing conditions, such as the Lady Elizabeth, one of the most iconic symbols of the Islands, located in Whalebone Cove at the east end of Stanley harbor.

• Thursday, August 15th 2019 - 07:30 UTC

  Falklands' Day, recalls when John Davis first sighted the Islands on 14 August 1592

  

  Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592, and is commemorated on 14 August. It was once seen as the National Day of the Falklands but has largely been replaced by Liberation Day which commemorates the end of the Falklands War.

• Saturday, August 15th 2015 - 08:04 UTC

  Falklands time capsule to commemorate 250th anniversary of Union Flag raised in the Islands

  

  A time capsule commemorating the 250th birthday of the Union Flag being raised at Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands was delivered to Saunders Island last week.