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Historical Events In 1879
Thursday, 25 April 2019
Jan 25 In the year 1879 the Bulgarian National Bank is founded. 
Jan 26 Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans, Flemish (stage)author (Tille) on this day in history.
Jan 29 Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 in the year 1879.
Jan 29 Custer Battlefield National Monument, Mont established on this day in history.
Jan 29 Custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established in the year 1879.
Jan 29 The birth of W.C Fields, Stage and film comedian on this day in history.
Jan 30 In the year 1879 french President MacMahon resigns
Feb 01 Sydney Baynes, composer on this day in history.
Feb 03 Charles Follis, 1st black NFLer (Shelby, Ohio) in the year 1879.
Feb 05 In the year 1879 edward Rigby, England, actor (Star Look Down, Young & Innocent)
Feb 05 On this day in history joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow
Feb 06 Carl Ramsauer on this day in history.
Feb 08 On this day in history sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
Feb 08 Sanford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time, by dividing the world into 24 equal time zones, with standard time within each zone in the year 1879.
Feb 09 Carl Natanael Berg, composer in the year 1879.
Feb 10 1st electric arc light used (California Theater) on this day in history.
Feb 10 On this day in history first electric arc light used (California Theater)
Feb 10 In the year 1879 franz Carl Bornschein, composer
Feb 10 In the year 1879 henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo
Feb 11 On this day in history honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies
Feb 11 Jean Gilbert, composer in the year 1879.
Feb 12 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC) on this day in history.
Feb 12 Artificial ice is created in at Madison Square Garden for the first time in the year 1879.
Feb 12 News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London in the year 1879.
Feb 14 In the year 1879 chilean troops occupy Antofagasta
Feb 15 In the year 1879 congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct
Feb 15 In the year 1879 u.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court.
Feb 17 In the year 1879 dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)
Feb 18 In the year 1879 arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha
Feb 21 Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 in the year 1879.
Feb 22 In the year 1879 1st 5 cent & 10 cent store opened by Frank W Woolworth (Utica NY)
Feb 22 Frank W. Woolworth opens his first store in Utica, New York in the year 1879.
Feb 22 Frank Woolworth opens his first 'Woolworths' store in Utica, New York state in the year 1879.
Feb 23 Agnes Arber, English biologist/philosopher (Mind & the Eye) in the year 1879.
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