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 on this day in history.  

Sep 28 In the year 1879 death of nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered  

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

Oct 14 F Kornberger, writer, dies at 58 in the year 1879.  

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

Oct 31 In the year 1879 big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies  

Nov 05 James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48 in the year 1879.  

Dec 06 Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814) died on this day in history.  

Dec 26 Jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies on this day in history.  

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

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)  

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 In the year 1879 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 Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.