1099 - First Crusaders arrived in Jerusalem
1340 - The city of Rotterdam was founded
1692 - An earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica, 3 000 victims
1769 - Daniel Boone begins to explore the territory of the state of Kentucky
1800 - David Thompson arrives at the mouth of the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba.
1862 - The United States and Britain agree to stop the slave trade.
1864 - Abraham Lincoln is renowned for president of the United States.
