Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England with eleven ships full of convicts (First Fleet) to establish a penal colony in Australia.

• 1787年的今天，亚瑟·菲利浦船长率领11艘装满犯人的船队（第一舰队）离开英格兰的朴次茅斯，前往澳大利亚建立囚犯隔离区。