Today in History for July 1799
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Months in 1799: January February March April May June August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 5 of 5
7th - Ranjit Singh's men take up their positions outside Lahore.
15th - The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
19th - A group of Napoleon Bonaparte's soldiers discover what is now known as The Rosetta Stone, enabling the translation of hieroglyphics for the first time.
24th - William Clark (of Lewis & Clark) is willed the slave York
25th - French-Egyptian forces under Napolean I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 3 of 3
4th - F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59)
25th - David Douglas, Scottish botanist (d. 1834)
26th - Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 1 of 1
7th - William Curtis, English botanist (Botanical Magazine), dies at 53
