On This Day In History

#11321 · July 14, 2025, 6:00 am

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#11322 · July 15, 2025, 5:57 am

July 15th

1099 City of Jerusalem is captured and plundered by Christian forces during the First Crusade

1381 John Ball, a leader in the Peasants’ Revolt, is hung, drawn and quartered in the presence of Richard II of England

1410 Battle of Grunwald (First Battle of Tannenburg, Battle of Žalgiris), one of Medieval Europe’s largest battles during Poland-Lithuanian Teutonic War. Polish King Władysław Jagiełło and Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas defeat Teutonic Ulrich von Jungingen

1799 The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon‘s Egyptian Campaign

1955 18 Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by 34 more laureates

#11323 · July 15, 2025, 5:58 am

Did You Know?

Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain

Today in History in 1948

Would You Believe?

Margarine is patented by Hippolye Méga-Mouriès for use by French Navy

Today in History in 1869

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#11324 · July 15, 2025, 5:58 am