2010 Event After four Israeli settlers are shot at the Israeli settlement Beit Hagai, the Palestinian Authority arrested 250 members of Hamas 1958 Event French settlers riot against French army in Algeria 1878 Event Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel 1856 Event Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers and Indians 1843 Event U.S. and British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee 1835 Event Ibrahim Pasha's army attacks Jewish settlers of Hebron Palestine 1811 Event Russian settlers establish Ft. Ross trading post, north of SF 1788 Event English settlers arrive in Australia's Botany Bay to setup penal colony 1784 Event Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it 1773 Event Scottish settlers arrive at Pictou, Nova Scotia (Canada) 1683 Event 1st settlers from Germany to U.S., leave aboard Concord 1676 Event Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians 1610 Event 1st Dutch settlers arrive, from New Jersey, to colonize Manhattan Island 1606 Event Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown Va 1002 Event English king Ethelred II launches massacre of Danish settlers