Historical place archive

North Pole in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at North Pole in Italy. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels1 people1899–1900

Historical events in North Pole

1899

1899
Discovery of North Pole
Luigi Amedeo · Exploration and Discovery

Luigi Amedeo organizes an expedition towards the North Pole

1900

25 April 1900
Discovery of North Pole
Luigi Amedeo · Exploration and Discovery

Reaches latitude 86 34, setting a new record by surpassing Nansens result of 1895 by 35-40 kilometres

Provenance

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