births
August 23, 1741
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer (died 1788)
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
Commodore Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse was a French Navy officer and explorer. Having enlisted in the Navy at the age of 15, he had a successful career and in 1785 was appointed to lead a scientific expedition around the world. His ships stopped in Chile, Hawaii, Alaska, California, Macau, the Philippines, Korea, Russia, Japan, Samoa, Tonga, and Australia before wrecking on the reefs of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands.