Eriksson (Leif) arrives in North America.

(ca.) He subsequently describes visiting a place where a river (possibly today’s Charles) runs through a lake (possibly the Back Bay) into the sea (possibly Boston Harbor). Physical evidence found in 1960 suggests the site was more likely L’Anse aux Meadows, Labrador. Despite the lack of any physical evidence that the Norse explorer ventured as far south as Boston, a statue of Eriksson is erected in Kenmore Square in 1897.*