Historical Events In 1879
Tuesday, 23 July 2019
May 25 In the year 1879 w Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker
May 27 Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) on this day in history.
May 28 In the year 1879 milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist
May 30 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May on this day in history.
May 30 In the year 1879 92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May
May 30 In the year 1879 colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)
May 30 In the year 1879 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 Madison Square Garden opens its doors in the year 1879.
May 31 Mark Hambourg, composer on this day in history.
Jun 01 In the year 1879 napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
Jun 02 Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) in the year 1879.
Jun 02 E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 in the year 1879.
Jun 03 Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer in the year 1879.
Jun 05 In the year 1879 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75
Jun 05 In the year 1879 adolf Wiklund, composer
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 On this day in history dudley Digges
Jun 10 Benjamin Lambord, composer on this day in history.
Jun 11 On this day in history roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager
Jun 11 Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 on this day in history.
Jun 13 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella on this day in history.
Jun 13 On this day in history george Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30)
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 in the year 1879.
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 On this day in history umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)
Jun 23 William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman in the year 1879.
Jun 24 In the year 1879 agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer
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