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1859
Oct 27
| 1859 • German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai in the Khedivate of Egypt. |
1860
Age: 1m
| 1860 • Battle of Guayaquil: Ecuadorian forces led by Juan José Flores and Gabriel García Moreno take the port of Guayaquil from Supreme Chief Guillermo Franco, who is backed by Peruvian forces. |
1870
Age: 10y
| 1870 • Thomas Mundy Peterson is the first African-American to vote in an election. |
1881
Aug 3
Age: 21y
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birth of childSadie Thompson Franklin Jamaica, Queens County, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1881 • The Leyton Orient F.C. is founded. |
1885
Oct
Age: 25y
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birth of childCharles Lucian Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 8 Sources ⇓ |
| 1885 • Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, completing the Unification of Bulgaria. |
1888
Dec 26
Age: 29y
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birth of childGrace Dewolfe Franklin Texas, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1888 • The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public in Washington, D.C. |
1900
Age: 40y
| 1900 • Dr. Henry A. Rowland of Johns Hopkins University announces a theory about the cause of the Earth's magnetism. |
1910
Age: 50y
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residenceBoerne, Kendall, Texas, USA ⇓ Now married to Madison Pyron and living in Texas 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1910 • Comet Halley is visible from Earth. It won't be seen again until 1986. |
1920
Age: 60y
| 1920 • El Tercio de Extranjeros, the "Regiment of Foreigners", later the Spanish Legion, is established by decree of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. |
1930
Age: 70y
| 1930 • Pavel Molchanov launches a radiosonde from Pavlovsk in the Soviet Union. |
1940
Oct 19
Age: 80y
| 1940 • WWII: The Soviet Union annexes the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in what becomes regarded as an early example of Soviet imperialism. |