07-15-2004, 05:51 AM
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July 15th
1099 ~ Crusaders took the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after a difficult siege during First Crusade.
1207 ~ John of England expeled Canterbury monks for supporting Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton.
1573 ~ Birthday of Inigo Jones, Architect.
1606 ~ Birthday of Rembrandt, (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn) Artist
1779 ~ Birthday of Clement Moore, Author, Poet.
1796 ~ Birthday of Thomas Bulfinch, mythologist, author “Bulfinch's Mythology”
1799 ~ In the Egyptian village of Rosette, French Captain Pierre Bouchard found the Rosetta Stone.
1815 ~ Napoléon Bonaparte surrendered from aboard HMS Bellerophon.
1911 ~ Birthday of Edward Shackleton, Explorer.
1916 ~ In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing incorporated Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
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