26 January – John Macarthur is arrested sparking the Rum Rebellion. Military officers supporting Macarthur arrest Governor Bligh.
2 February – William Paterson sails to Sydney from Port Dalrymple, Van Diemen's Land to take over the administration of New South Wales following the removal of Bligh.
19 June – Alexander Dalrymple, who had strongly opposed the establishment of New South Wales in A Serious Admonition to the Public on the Intended Thief-Colony at Botany Bay (London, 1786).
^Marnie Bassett (1966). Douglas Pike (ed.). Henty, William (1808–1881). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 1. Melbourne University Press. Retrieved 3 January 2022.