*Expeditionary forces of the [[Russia-America Company]] occupy [[Sakhalin Island]]; the action, and subsequent Russian claims to the island, are justified by [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] based on the concepts of ''terra nullius'' and 'prior occupation.' | *Expeditionary forces of the [[Russia-America Company]] occupy [[Sakhalin Island]]; the action, and subsequent Russian claims to the island, are justified by [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] based on the concepts of ''terra nullius'' and 'prior occupation.' |