Historical Events In 1879

Jun 26   On this day in history ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt  

Jun 28   Sigurd von Koch, composer in the year 1879.  

Jun 30   In the year 1879 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   On this day in history ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples  

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

Jul 03   In the year 1879 philippe Gaubert, composer  

Jul 04   Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony in the year 1879.  

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

Jul 06   In the year 1879 henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65  

Jul 07   Jacob Weinberg, composer in the year 1879.  

Jul 08   USS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic on this day in history.  

Jul 09   On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis  

Jul 09   On this day in history friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Storgkh  

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

Jul 17   1st railroad opens in Hawaii in the year 1879.  

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

Jul 19   Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon on this day in history.  

Jul 19   Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director (KNMI) in the year 1879.  

Jul 22   Gustaf Heintze, composer in the year 1879.  

Jul 27   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene on this day in history.  

Jul 27   In the year 1879 francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)  

Aug 04   In the year 1879 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris  

Aug 05   First game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights on this day in history.  

Aug 06   Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize) in the year 1879.  

Aug 07   J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07) on this day in history.  

Aug 07   The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester on this day in history.  

Aug 08   On this day in history emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader  

Aug 12   On this day in history 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)  

Aug 12   On this day in history first National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)  

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

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   Ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise) in the year 1879.  

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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   On this day in history 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   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born in the year 1879.  

Jan 03   Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1879 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   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 in the year 1879.  

Jan 22   In the year 1879 anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle  

Jan 23   On this day in history adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42  

Jan 29   On this day in history antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80  

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 in the year 1879.