Explore! Important dates

The first man walked on the moon

• 1912

• 1990

• 1988

• 1969

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest

• 1802

• 2022

• 1953

• 1925

Christopher Columbus reached America

• 1100

• 1492

• 1666

• 1894

Roald Amundsen and his group became the first to reach the South Pole

• 802

• 1700

• 1911

• 1996

Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun

• 1612

• 1922

• 1500

• 1879

Explorers from Holland became the first Europeans to get to Australia

• 1706

• 1400

• 1606

• 1844