July 22
1099 First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1587 A second group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
1793 Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean becoming the first Euro-American to complete a transcontinental crossing of Canada.
1822 Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist, was born.
1915 Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer and inventor, died. (b. 1827)
1950 William Lyon Mackenzie King, 10th Prime Minister of Canada, died. (b. 1874)
2012 Bradley Wiggins, of Great Britain, won his first Tour de France.
July 23
1829 In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
1840 The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
1914 Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb Assassin; the dispute led to WW I.
1930 Glenn Curtiss, American aviation pioneer, died. (b. 1878)
July 24
1534 French explorer Jacques Cartier plants a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and takes possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France.
1847 Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present day Utah.
1927 The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
2005 Lance Armstrong won a seventh consecutive Tour de France.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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