JERUSALEM
1099- 1st Crusaders arrive in Jerusalem.
TREATY OF TORDESILLAS
1494- Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the new world along with an American 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands, off the west coast of Africa.
KING OF FRANCE
1654- The sun King of France Louis XIV crowned King of France.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
1665- Boston's First Baptist Church, one of the oldest Baptist churches in America, is founded.
EARTHQUAKE
1692- Earthquake in Porte Royale, Jamaica kills 3,000.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
1864- 16th US President Abraham Lincoln renominated for US President by the Republican Party.
KING AND QUEEN
1939- King of the United Kingdom George VI and Elizabeth become the 1st king and queen of Britain to visit the USA.
ISRAEL AIRCRAFT
1981- Israeli aircraft bomb and destroy a French-built nuclear plant near Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
DENMARK
2012- Denmarks parliament approved a law allowing same-sex- marriage, the law also covered same-sex weddings in the Church of Denmark.
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