Historical Events In 1879

Dec 21   Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value) in the year 1879.  

Dec 22   On this day in history ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist (multiplier)  

Dec 24   Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 26   In the year 1879 armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer  

Dec 26   In the year 1879 jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies  

Dec 26   On this day in history john Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres  

Dec 27   In the year 1879 robert Greig, Australia, actor (Horse Feathers)  

Dec 27   The birth of Sydney Greenstreet, American actor in the year 1879.  

Dec 28   North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) in the year 1879.  

Dec 29   On this day in history billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I)  

Dec 30   On this day in history gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres  

Dec 30   Sri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu philosopher/yogi (Maharshi Research Inst) in the year 1879.  

Dec 31   Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US) on this day in history.  

Dec 31   Edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp in the year 1879.  

Dec 31   On this day in history the opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York NY)  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)  

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born in the year 1879.  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)  

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)  

Jan 03   In the year 1879 birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)  

Jan 05   Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born in the year 1879.  

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   In the year 1879 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)  

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle in the year 1879.  

Jan 23   In the year 1879 adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42  

Jan 29   In the year 1879 antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80  

Feb 11   In the year 1879 honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies  

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