1961: Tunisian troops invade the naval base of Bizerte, occupied by the French.
1900: Line number 1 of the Paris metro connecting Porte Maillot to Porte de Vincennes is put into service.
1799: On the occasion of Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign, discovered at Rosette of a stone written simultaneously in Greek, hieroglyphics and demotic.
64: A fire, blamed on the Emperor Nero, ravages the city of Rome.
