1534 - Jacques Cartier lands in Canada, claims it for France
1683 - 1st settlers from Germany to US, leave aboard Concord
1715 - Spanish fleet with treasure consisted of 10 ships left Havana, Cuba to Spain. Seven days later, nine ships sank in a storm near Florida. The treasure is found and pulled from the sea in the 1960s.
1823 - Slavery is abolished in Chile.
1908 - Turkey was declared a constitutional monarchy. This date was declared as the Victory Day of the Young Turk revolution.
