Twenty thousand leagues under the sea-
A good start, but we’ve places to be
Round the world by balloon
Take a trip to the moon
Then get down with some geology

Event: Birth of Jules Verne, author of such works as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, From the Earth to the Moon, and Journey to the Center of the Earth
Year: 1828
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne