Captain Matthew Webb

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1875

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Captain Matthew Webb, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Captain Matthew Webb first to swim the English Channel

   1875

   Role: Swimmer

   1. 124–25 August 1875 · Strait of DoverFirst Unassisted Channel Swim

      Captain Matthew Webb completed the first observed and unassisted swim across the English Channel from Dover to Cap Gris-Nez in August 1875.

Sources

1. Matthew Webb Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-25