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William Mynors was an English sea-captain, master of the East India Company (EIC) vessel Royal Mary.His voyage in 1643 discovered Christmas Island) on Christmas Day of that year, when he sailed past it and named
Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name. It is located approximately 350 kilometres (190 nautical miles) south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi) north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland.
With the island at risk of invasion, the deceased was quickly examined by the harbour master, the medical officer and the man in charge of the radio station. The body was buried in an unmarked grave near Flying Fish Cove. [11] [12] The examiners wrote reports that were later destroyed when Japanese forces occupied Christmas Island. They would ...
Isaac Newton, b. 1642. One of the most important scientists, mathematicians, and philosophers of the Enlightenment was born on Christmas Day — at least according to the Julian Calendar, which ...
The crooner, famous for his annual Christmas specials, lived in Jupiter Inlet Colony until his death in 2001. He called the area “a little piece of heaven.” Rickie Fowler
Administrator of Christmas Island: 10 March 1992 () 9 March 1994 () 1 year, 364 days: −: Peter Woods: Acting Administrator of Christmas Island: 10 March 1994 () 30 June 1994 () 112 days: 16: Danny Ambrose Gillespie: Administrator of Christmas Island: 1 July 1994 () 30 June 1996 ()
Christmas is an uncommon English-language surname.The origin is uncertain; some genealogy books state that it was given to people born near Christmas, while this is disputed by researchers, and DNA tests performed on men with the surname show that the majority of those descend from a common ancestor.
Kiritimati (Gilbertese pronunciation: [kiˈrɪsmæs]), also known as Christmas Island, is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati. The name is derived from the English word "Christmas" written in Gilbertese according to its phonology, in which the combination ti is pronounced /s/.