2015 Event British Petroleum (BP) reaches a settlement with U.S. federal, state and local government entities regarding damages from its Deepwater Horizon rig explosion five years ago; BP will pay USD $18 billion through the year 2030 2014 Event Apple and Samsung achieved mixed victory in a patent suit settlement; Samsung will owe Apple about $120 million, and Apple will owe Samsung about $158,000; Both parties were found to have infringed on each other's patents 2010 Event A construction site in London reveals a Roman settlement filled with ancient artifacts and human remains 2010 Event A court settlement determines Verizon must pay $25 million to the U.S. Treasury for overcharging 15 million cell phone customers 2010 Event Scientists working near Kokoda, Papua New Guinea uncover world's oldest known high altitude human settlement, estimated to be 49,000 years old 2010 Event After four Israeli settlers are shot at the Israeli settlement Beit Hagai, the Palestinian Authority arrested 250 members of Hamas 2010 Event In Washington, D.C, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tells a lobby group that 'Jerusalem is not a settlement' and Israel has a 'right' to build there 1993 Event Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement 1984 Event $180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit 1948 Event Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement 1913 Event 1st strike settlement mediated by U.S. Department of Labor-RR clerks 1893 Event Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders 1890 Event Around 11M acres, ceded to U.S. by Sioux Indians opens for settlement 1862 Event Homestead Act becomes law provides cheap land for settlement of West 1860 Event 1st White settlement in Idaho, Franklin 1846 Event Mormons found 1st English settlement in California (San Joaquin Valley) 1846 Event Mormons leave Nauvoo, Mo for settlement in west 1812 Event 1st Russian settlement in California, Russian River 1802 Event 1st non indian settlement in Oklahoma 1788 Event 1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta 1773 Event Jeanne Baptiste Pointe de Sable found settlement now known as Chicago 1763 Event George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement 1701 Event Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover 1690 Event French and Indian troops set Schenectady settlement New York on fire 1652 Event Dutch establish settlement at Cape Town, South Africa 1652 Event Cape Colony, the 1st European settlement in South Africa, established 1638 Event 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans) 1619 Event Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia 1607 Event 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Virginia 1565 Event 1st permanent settlement in U.S. forms (St. Augustine, Florida) 1565 Event 1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms 1492 Event 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
