diff --git a/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history b/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history
index dad0f7e04ce..311cfba359f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history
+++ b/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/calendar.history
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 01/20	St. Agnes Eve (Ah, bitter chill it was...)
 01/24	Eskimo Pie patented by Christian Nelson, 1922
 01/24	Gold discovered in California at Sutter's Mill, 1848
-01/26	Sydney Aust. settled, 1778
+01/26	Sydney Aust. settled, 1788
 01/27	Grissom, White and Chaffe burned to death in Apollo 1, 1967
 01/27	Vietnam War cease-fire signed, 1973
 01/28	First ski tow, Woodstock VT, 1914