1859
Sep 9
| 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. |
1887
Feb 17
Age: 27y
birth of childJerome Philip Fogwell |
| 1887 • Bloody Sunday: Police in London clash with radical and Irish nationalist protesters. |
1938
Jun 22
Age: 78y
| 1938 • Edvard Beneš, president of Czechoslovakia, resigns. |