π¨ The British Museum opens (1759)
Where: London, UK
π On This Day: January 15
January 15, 1759: The British Museum opens. On 15 January 1759, the British Museum in London welcomed its first visitors. It began with the collection of the doctor Hans Sloane. Today it holds treasures like the Rosetta Stone, which helped people read Egyptian hieroglyphs, and entry is free.
β¨ More events on this day
- 1850 π¬ Sofia Kovalevskaya was born in Moscow; she became the first woman in Europe to earn a doctorate in mathematics in modern times.
- 1924 π§ New Zealand mountaineer George Lowe was born; he helped Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on the first climb to the top of Mount Everest. Mount Everest β
- 2001 π‘ Wikipedia was launched, a free online encyclopedia that anyone can help write; it now has articles in more than 300 languages.
π§ Question of the day
Which British Museum treasure helped people read hieroglyphs?
- A dinosaur fossil
- A golden mask
- The Rosetta Stone
Show the answer
Answer: The Rosetta Stone
π Landmarks that opened on January 15
Questions
What happened on January 15?
January 15, 1759: The British Museum opens. It happened in London, UK.
Which landmarks opened on January 15?
The Pentagon (dedicated 1943), Halley VI Research Station (established 1956).
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