In 1877 the first lawn tennis championship was held at Wimbledon, then in Surrey, with 21 amateur players competing. In 1497 the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama set sail from Lisbon in search of a sea route to India in 1853 Commodore Matthew Perry, of the US navy, led his four ships into Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish regular trade with the western world in 1994 Kim Il-sung, the first leader of North Korea, died, having ruled the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since it was established in 1948 in 2014 the German footballer Miroslav Klose became the record goalscorer in Fifa World Cup history with his 16th finals goal, netted against Brazil.
