On this day in history
July 15
ChristianEgyptian
- 1274 CEChristian · died
The Franciscan theologian Bonaventure died during the Second Council of Lyon, where he had helped negotiate a short-lived church union.
- 1799 CEEgyptian · discovered
French soldiers rebuilding a fort near Rosetta uncovered a trilingual stele whose Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphic texts would later open the door to reading ancient Egyptian.