Historedia
Person

Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1772

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, 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. Discovery of the Kerguelen Islands

    1772

    Role: French Navy officer and expedition commander who discovered the Kerguelen Islands

    1. 12 February 1772 · Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian OceanDiscovery of the Kerguelen Islands

      Kerguelen-Trémarec's expedition officially discovered the isolated subantarctic Kerguelen Islands on 12 February 1772 and claimed them for France.

Sources

  1. Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec Wikipedia
  2. Kerguelen Islands Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27