Famous Deaths In 1879

Sep 14 Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b. 1808) died on this day in history.

Sep 17 Eugene Emmanuel Violletle-Duc, gothic archetect, dies in the year 1879.

Sep 28 Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered died in the year 1879.

Oct 08 Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834) died in the year 1879.

Oct 14 On this day in history f Kornberger, writer, dies at 58

Oct 28 On this day in history death of marie Roch Louis Reybaud, French writer (b. 1799)

Oct 31 On this day in history big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies

Nov 05 In the year 1879 james Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48

Dec 06 On this day in history death of erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)

Dec 26 On this day in history jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies

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

Jan 01 In the year 1879 birth of emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)

Jan 01 Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born in the year 1879.

Jan 01 William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born in the year 1879.

Jan 02 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) was born in the year 1879.

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)

Jan 03 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born in the year 1879.

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