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Archipelago


2008 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, writer, won Nobel Prize, 1970, wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago', exiled in 1974, dies at 89

1993 Toru Takemitsu's "Archipelago" premieres in Aldeburgh England

1947 Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef

1918 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, born in Kislovodsk, Russia, Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, writer, won Nobel Prize, 1970, wrote 'The Gulag Archipelago', exiled in 1974

1915 Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelago

1900 Great Britain annexes Tonga archipelago

1835 HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti

1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache James Island, Galapagos archipelago

1835 HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago

1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago

1772 Yves de Kerguelen of France discovers Kerguelen Archipelago, India

1521 Magelhaes takes possession of Homohon, Archipelago of St. Lazarus


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