Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1879

Sep 14 On this day in history death of bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b. 1808)  

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

Sep 28 On this day in history death of nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered  

Oct 08 On this day in history death of miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834)  

Oct 14 F Kornberger, writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 31 Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies in the year 1879.  

Nov 05 On this day in history 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 In the year 1879 jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01 On this day in history 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 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02 Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)