Franklin's lost expedition was a British naval expedition under Sir John Franklin, sent to find and chart the final section of the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. It consisted of two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with 129 men, and was equipped with the latest technology, including steam engines and preserved food. The ships were last seen by Europeans in Baffin Bay, and later became trapped in ice off King William Island. All of the men died, from cold, hunger, disease and perhaps lead poisoning, after abandoning the ships. Many search expeditions mapped the Arctic. The wreck of Erebus was found in 2014 and that of Terror in 2016.
Before and after
- 26 February 1845Birth of Alexander III of Russia
- 3 March 1845Birth of Georg Cantor
- from 11 March 1845 to 11 January 1846Flagstaff War
- 27 March 1845Birth of Wilhelm Röntgen
- from 19 May 1845 to 1 January 1848Franklin's lost expedition
- 8 June 1845Death of Andrew Jackson
- 16 August 1845Birth of Gabriel Lippmann
- 10 October 1845Founding of United States Naval Academy
- 20 November 1845Battle of Vuelta de Obligado
More in Exploration & discovery
- 14 February 1779Death of James Cook
- from 27 December 1831 to 2 October 1836Second voyage of HMS Beagle
- from 18 August 1838 to 10 June 1842United States Exploring Expedition
- 4 June 1867Birth of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
- 1 November 1880Birth of Alfred Wegener
- 23 July 1885Death of Ulysses S. Grant
The era
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