1508 - Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon founds Caparra the 1st European settlement in Puerto Rico
1605 - The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
1609 - Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
1709 - 1st known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors)
1786 - Jacques Balmat & Michel Paccard are 1st to climb to top of Mont Blanc
1864 - Comet C/1864 N1 (Tempel) approaches within 0.0964 AUs of Earth
1967 - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore & Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
