Historical Events In 1879

Jun 26   In the year 1879 ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt   

Jun 28   In the year 1879 sigurd von Koch, composer   

Jun 30   On this day in history ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods   

Jun 30   On this day in history walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame)   

Jul 01   In the year 1879 ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples   

Jul 01   Leon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951) on this day in history.   

Jul 03   Philippe Gaubert, composer in the year 1879.   

Jul 04   Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup on this day in history.   

Jul 06   On this day in history henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65   

Jul 07   Jacob Weinberg, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 08   USS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic in the year 1879.   

Jul 09   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis in the year 1879.   

Jul 09   Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Storgkh on this day in history.   

Jul 10   On this day in history harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A)   

Jul 17   1st railroad opens in Hawaii on this day in history.   

Jul 17   The first railroad opens in Hawaii in the year 1879.   

Jul 19   In the year 1879 doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.   

Jul 19   In the year 1879 hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director (KNMI)   

Jul 22   Gustaf Heintze, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1879 c H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene   

Jul 27   Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza) on this day in history.   

Aug 04   On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris   

Aug 05   First game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights in the year 1879.   

Aug 06   In the year 1879 joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)   

Aug 07   In the year 1879 j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)   

Aug 07   The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester in the year 1879.   

Aug 08   Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader in the year 1879.   

Aug 12   In the year 1879 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

Aug 12   In the year 1879 first National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

Aug 12   On this day in history the Intercolonial Railway gains access to Quebec by purchasing the Grand Trunk line between Quebec and Rivière du Loup.   

Aug 13   In the year 1879 john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Mai-Dun)   

Aug 15   Ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green) on this day in history.   

Aug 16   In the year 1879 ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise)   

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Jan 01   Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) was born in the year 1879.   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)   

Jan 01   William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

Jan 02   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1879 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   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1879 wF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58   

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   On this day in history adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies in the year 1879.   

Feb 21   On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69