Historical Events In 1879

May 25   In the year 1879 w Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker   

May 27   On this day in history lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)   

May 28   In the year 1879 milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

May 30   On this day in history 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May   

May 30   92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May on this day in history.   

May 30   On this day in history colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)   

May 30   On this day in history gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden   

May 31   On this day in history 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

May 31   First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition in the year 1879.   

May 31   On this day in history madison Square Garden opens its doors   

May 31   Mark Hambourg, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 01   Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) on this day in history.   

Jun 02   E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 on this day in history.   

Jun 03   Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer in the year 1879.   

Jun 05   On this day in history 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75   

Jun 05   Adolf Wiklund, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1879 l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect   

Jun 07   In the year 1879 knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)   

Jun 09   In the year 1879 dudley Digges   

Jun 10   Benjamin Lambord, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 11   On this day in history roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager   

Jun 11   In the year 1879 willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39   

Jun 13   A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella in the year 1879.   

Jun 13   George Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   In the year 1879 fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)   

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC on this day in history.   

Jun 18   On this day in history w H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage   

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately) on this day in history.   

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately) in the year 1879.   

Jun 21   Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide) on this day in history.   

Jun 23   William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman in the year 1879.   

Jun 24   Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)   

Jan 02   Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)   

Jan 09   In the year 1879 don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

Jan 13   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 in the year 1879.   

Feb 11   On this day in history honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 on this day in history.