Transit Of Venus Across The Sun

6 June 1761 - 02:02 / 05:19 / 08:37 - Lomonosov, Chappe d'Auteroche and others observe from Russia
3–4 June 1769 - 19:15 3 June / 22:25 June 3 / 01:35 4 June - Cook sent to Tahiti to observe the transit
9 December 1874 - 01:49 / 04:07 / 06:26 - Pietro Tacchini leads expedition to Muddapur, India. A French expedition goes to New Zealand's Campbell Island
6 December 1882 - 13:57 / 17:06 / 20:15 - John Philip Sousa composes a march, the "Transit of Venus", in honor of the transit.