Sarah Evelyn Mayfield
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William Washington Jenkins
William W Jenkins
1838 - 1919

1859


Aug 4
Age: 21y
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.

1899


Feb 11
Age: 60y
1899 • The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.

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