1987 Event 3 Belgian minesweepers depart to Persians Gulf 1950 Event 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea 1941 Event 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague 1885 Event 5 German warships depart to Zanzibar 1883 Event 28 Surinamers depart to Amsterdam World's Fair 1843 Event 1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon 1832 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart Rio de Janeiro 1831 Event HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart England for South America 1817 Death Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, opera composer (Chant du depart), dies at 54 1811 Death Marie-Joseph de Chenier, French poet (Chant du Depart), dies at 46 1687 Event 1st Huguenots depart France to Cape of Good Hope 1642 Event Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia 1623 Event 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru 1620 Event Pilgrim Fathers depart (through England) to America 1595 Event Cornelis de Houtman's ships depart to Asia through Cape of Good Hope 1501 Event Philip de Blank and Juana "la Loca" depart to Spain 1396 Event Crusaders and earl of Nevers depart from Dijon 1189 Event Emperor Frederik I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg
