Page 10: Historical Events In 1879

Dec 21   Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value) in the year 1879.   

Dec 22   Ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist (multiplier) on this day in history.   

Dec 24   Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 26   On this day in history armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer   

Dec 26   In the year 1879 jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies   

Dec 26   On this day in history john Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres   

Dec 27   Robert Greig, Australia, actor (Horse Feathers) on this day in history.   

Dec 27   On this day in history the birth of Sydney Greenstreet, American actor   

Dec 28   North British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot) on this day in history.   

Dec 29   Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I) on this day in history.   

Dec 30   Gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres in the year 1879.   

Dec 30   On this day in history sri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu philosopher/yogi (Maharshi Research Inst)   

Dec 31   Cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US) on this day in history.   

Dec 31   In the year 1879 edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp   

Dec 31   The opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York NY) in the year 1879.   

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

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 in the year 1879.   

Jan 02   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born in the year 1879.   

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)   

Jan 09   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1879 adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

Jan 29   In the year 1879 antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80   

Feb 11   On this day in history honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

Feb 21   On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69