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AncientPages.com - On July 30, 1502, Christopher Columbus reached the Bay Islands of Honduras with his ships. He landed at mainland Honduras (Trujillo) and named the area "Honduras" (meaning

AncientPages.com - On July 28, 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, a leading figure of the French Revolution, was sent to the guillotine in Paris, France. Robespierre had dominated the Committee of

AncientPages.com - On July 26, 1887, the Unua Libro (English: First Book) was published, marking the founding of the Esperanto movement. The first publication described Esperanto, later called

AncientPages.com - On July 24, 1567, Mary Queen of Scots was forced to abdicate. She was imprisoned in Lochleven Castle, Kinross-shire, and her infant son James was crowned and

AncientPages.com - On July 23, 1773, Sir Thomas Macdougall Brisbane was born near Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was a British soldier and astronomical observer for whom the city

AncientPages.com - On July 22, 1099, Godfrey of Bouillon (c. 1060-1100) was elected as the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Godfrey of Bouillon being created as

AncientPages.com - On July 20, 1866, the Battle of Lissa took place in the Adriatic Sea near the Dalmatian island of Lissa. On June 20, Italy officially declared

AncientPages.com - On the night between 18 and 19 July, 64 AD, a fire broke out in the city of Rome, spread quickly, and finally, it was completely out of

AncientPages.com - On July 16, 1212, the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa was fought between the Christian forces of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, the kings of Navarre,

AncientPages.com - On July 15, 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta (today called "Rashid") by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian

AncientPages.com - On July 14th, 1789, Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops attacked the Paris fortress-prison Bastille. The Bastille, a royal fortress that symbolized the tyranny of the Bourbon

AncientPages.com - On July 12, 1562, Spanish Franciscan priest and bishop of Yucatán, Diego de Landa, burned the sacred books of the Maya. After hearing of Roman Catholic Maya, who

AncientPages.com - On July 10, 1212, a fire started south of the Thames in Southwark, London, United Kingdom. Over the years, London has experienced many horrible fires, such

AncientPages.com - On July 8, 1497, Vasco da Gama, a Portuguese explorer, departed from Lisbon on a voyage that led to the discovery of a sea route to

AncientPages.com - On July 7, 1550, chocolate was introduced in Europe, and the Mexican drink became a passion that endures after nearly half a millennium. In 1550 Dominican