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Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog left a plate on an island in Shark Bay, the oldest-known artefact of European exploration in Australia still in existence.

On October 25, in the year 1616, Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog left a plate on an island in Shark Bay, the oldest-known artefact of European exploration in Australia still in existence. This event is recorded as a Selected Events event in the history of October 25, one of 656 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Dirk Hartog was a 17th-century Dutch mariner and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and the first to leave behind an artefact to record his visit, the Hartog Plate. His name is sometimes alternatively spelled Dirck Hartog or Dierick Hartochsz. Explorer Ernest Giles referred to him as Theodoric Hartog. The Western Australian island Dirk Hartog Island is named after Hartog.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on October 25, 1616 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Selected Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 4 Wikipedia articles.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 10 August 2026.

On This Date in History 656

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2025 Oct 25 Satish Shah, Indian actor and comedian (born 1951)
Notable Deaths 2025 Oct 25 Rolf Dupuy, anarchist and historian of the anarchist movement in France and Spain (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 25 Phil Lesh, American bassist (born 1940)
Notable Deaths 2024 Oct 25 Kim Soo-mi, South Korean actress (born 1949)
Historical Events 2023 Oct 25 A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured.
Selected Events 2022 Oct 25 At 49 days, Liz Truss concluded the shortest tenure as prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Notable Deaths 2019 Oct 25 Dilip Parikh, Indian politician (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2018 Oct 25 Thomas Keating, American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2016 Oct 25 Carlos Alberto Torres, Brazilian football player and manager (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2016 Oct 25 Bob Hoover, USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 25 David Cesarani, English historian and author (born 1956)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 25 Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 25 Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (born 1988)
Notable Deaths 2015 Oct 25 Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (born 1955)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 25 Jack Bruce, Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2014 Oct 25 Carlos Morales Troncoso, Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (born 1940)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 25 Ron Ackland, New Zealand rugby player and coach (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 25 Arthur Danto, American philosopher and critic (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 25 Nicholas Hunt, Welsh-English admiral (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 25 Hal Needham, American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 25 Paul Reichmann, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 25 Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2013 Oct 25 Marcia Wallace, American actress and comedian (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 25 Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (born 1907)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 25 Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1955)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 25 John Connelly, English footballer (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2012 Oct 25 Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (born 1944)
Historical Events 2010 Oct 25 A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400…
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 25 Lisa Blount, American actress (born 1957)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 25 Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Notable Deaths 2010 Oct 25 Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (born 1922)
Selected Events 2010 Oct 25 Mount Merapi in Central Java, Indonesia, began an increasingly violent series of eruptions that lasted over a month.
Historical Events 2009 Oct 25 The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721.
Notable Deaths 2004 Oct 25 John Peel, English radio host and producer (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2003 Oct 25 Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2003 Oct 25 Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2002 Oct 25 Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2002 Oct 25 René Thom, French mathematician and biologist (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2002 Oct 25 Paul Wellstone, American academic and politician (born 1944)
Historical Events 2001 Oct 25 Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.
Notable Births 2001 Oct 25 Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
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Notable Births 2000 Oct 25 Dominik Szoboszlai, Hungarian footballer
Notable Births 2000 Oct 25 Vincent Zhou, American figure skater
Notable Deaths 2000 Oct 25 Mochitsura Hashimoto, Japanese commander (born 1909)
Historical Events 1999 Oct 25 A Learjet 35 crashes in Mina near Aberdeen, South Dakota, killing all six people on board, including PGA golfer Payne…
Notable Births 1999 Oct 25 Clara Soccini, Italian singer-songwriter, actress and model
Notable Births 1999 Oct 25 Romeo Langford, American basketball player
Notable Deaths 1999 Oct 25 Leonard Boyle, Irish and Canadian palaeographer and medievalist (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 1999 Oct 25 Payne Stewart, American golfer (born 1957)

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