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

AncientPages.com - On July 5, 1687, one of the most famous books in the history of science was published by Isaac Newton. Newton's own copy of his Principia Mathematica. Image

AncientPages.com - On July 3, 1841, astronomer John Couch Adams was one of two who independently discovered the planet Neptune. Many people consider him the true discoverer of the

AncientPages.com - On July 1, 69, Vespasian was elected the Roman Emperor. This historical event occurred during the troublesome period after Nero's death when several Roman emperors had a

AncientPages.com - On June 30, 1908, at 7.17 am, the legendary and mysterious Tunguska explosion occurred in the area of the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, located in Central Siberia approximately

AncientPages.com - On June 28, 1709, Peter the Great defeated Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle Of Poltava. The battle of Poltava was the turning point in

AncientPages.com - On June 26, 363, Roman Emperor Julian (also known as Julian the Apostate) died near Maranga, Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), aged 31, during a battle against the Sassanid army.