Discovery of the Rosetta Stone
1799 · Event
French troops discover the Rosetta Stone at Rosetta in Egypt, key to deciphering hieroglyphs.
On these timelines: Master, France, Ancient Egypt
Around 1799
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- French Revolution (1789)
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- Industrial Revolution ends (1840)
- American Revolution (1775)
- American Revolutionary War (1775)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776)