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| 1774 (March 16) | Born at Donington |
| 1789 (October 23) | Enters the Royal Navy |
| 1790 (July 31) | Midshipman on the Bellerophon. |
| 1791-3 | Voyage in the Providence. |
| 1793 (September) | Rejoins the Bellerophon. |
| 1794 (June) | Participates in the battle off Brest |
| 1795 (February) | Sails for Australia in the Reliance. Meets George Bass. |
| 1796 (March) | Cruise of the Tom Thumb. |
| 1797 (December) | Bass's Whaleboat voyage. |
| 1798 (January) | Discovery of Westernport. |
| 1798 (January) | Flinders' voyage in the Francis. |
| 1798 (January 31) | Flinders obtains lieutenant's commission. |
| 1798 (October) | Voyage of the Norfolk. |
| 1798 (November) | Discovery of Port Dalrymple. |
| 1798 (December) | Bass Strait demonstrated. |
| 1799 | Return to Port Jackson. |
| 1799 (July) | Exploration on Queensland coast. |
| 1800 (March) | Return to England in the Reliance. |
| 1800 (October) | Arrival in England Plan of Australian Exploration. |
| 1800 (December) | The Investigator commissioned. |
| 1801 (January 17) | Publication of Observations. |
| 1801 (February 16) | Obtain commander's rank. |
| 1801 (April) | Marriage of Flinders. |
| 1801 (July 18) | Sailing of the Investigator. |
| 1801 (December) | Australia reached. |
| 1802 (February) | Discovery of Spencer's Gulf. |
| 1802 (March) | Discovery of Kangaroo Island and St. Vincent's Gulf. |
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