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Jeremiah owned 240 acres of land in Scotland County, was a member of the I.O.O.F., (Independent Order of Odd Fellows), and he and his wife were members of the Old School Presbyterian Church.
1811
Nov 11
| 1811 • Battle of Tippecanoe: American troops led by William Henry Harrison defeat the Native American spiritual leader Tenskwatawa, also known as The Prophet (Chief Tecumseh's brother). |
1836
May 25
Age: 24y
marriageMargaret Cravens Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1836 • The Alamo begins with an American settler army surrounded by the Mexican Army under Santa Anna. |
1838
Aug 1
Age: 26y
birth of childWilliam Washington Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1838 • Friedrich Bessel makes the first accurate measurement of distance to a star. |
1840
Age: 28y
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residenceWest Divison, Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ There is a David Cravens living right next door. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • Joseph Strutt hands over the deeds and papers concerning the Derby Arboretum, which is to become England's first public park. |
1840
Mar 5
Age: 28y
birth of childDavid Cravens Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1840 • Louis Agassiz publishes his Etudes sur les glaciers ("Study on Glaciers", 2 volumes), the first major scientific work to propose that the Earth has seen an ice age. |
1841
Nov 28
Age: 30y
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birth of childMary Melvina Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1841 • The sixth bishop of Calcutta, Daniel Wilson, and Dr. James Taylor, Civil Surgeon at Dhaka, establish the first modern educational institution in the Indian subcontinent, Dhaka College. |
1843
Sep 10
Age: 31y
birth of childEleven Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1843 • The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show, at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City. |
1845
Nov 26
Age: 34y
birth of childJohn Seldon Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1845 • The journal Scientific American begins publication. |
1848
Feb 20
Age: 36y
birth of childRodney King Jenkins Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1848 • The French government dissolves the national workshops in Paris, giving the workers the choice of joining the army or going to workshops in the provinces. |
1850
Age: 38y
| 1850 • The USS Advance puts to sea from New York to search for John Franklin's Arctic expedition. |
1852
Jan 1
Age: 40y
birth of childPriscilla Ann Jenkins Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1852 • United States statesman Henry Clay was the first to receive the honor of lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda. |
1854
Apr 10
Age: 42y
birth of childHarriet Madison Jenkins Nelson, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1854 • Said Pasha succeeds his nephew Abbas as the Pasha of Egypt. |
1856
Mar 24
Age: 44y
birth of childEliza Arabella Jenkins Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1856 • The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution, as King-Grand Duke William III signs the new constitution without the Chamber of Deputies' consent. |
1860
Aug 9
Age: 48y
| 1860 • Battle of the Volturno: Garibaldi defeats the last organized army of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies. |
1861
Age: 49y
| 1861 • American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run: At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war ends in a Confederate victory. |
1870
Age: 58y
| 1870 • Reconstruction Era of the United States: Georgia becomes the last former Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union, and the Confederate States of America is dissolved. |
1880
Age: 68y
1887
Age: 75y
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occupationMissouri, USA ⇓ He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. (Seal from 1834.) 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1887 • Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character Sherlock Holmes makes his first appearance, in the novel A Study in Scarlet published in Beeton's Christmas Annual. |
1896
Aug 18
Age: 84y
| 1896 • H.L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. |
after
Aug 18
1896
Aug 18
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burialMarshall, Missouri, USA ⇓ Buried at Ridgepark Cemetery 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1896 • Wilfrid Laurier becomes Canada's seventh prime minister and the first French-speaker to hold that office. |