Historical Events In 1879

Jan 25   The Bulgarian National Bank is founded in the year 1879.  

Jan 26   Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans, Flemish (stage)author (Tille) on this day in history.  

Jan 29   On this day in history antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80  

Jan 29   In the year 1879 custer Battlefield National Monument, Mont established  

Jan 29   In the year 1879 custer Battlefield National Monument, Montana established  

Jan 29   The birth of W.C Fields, Stage and film comedian in the year 1879.  

Jan 30   French President MacMahon resigns in the year 1879.  

Feb 01   On this day in history sydney Baynes, composer  

Feb 03   On this day in history charles Follis, 1st black NFLer (Shelby, Ohio)  

Feb 05   Edward Rigby, England, actor (Star Look Down, Young & Innocent) in the year 1879.  

Feb 05   Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Carl Ramsauer on this day in history.  

Feb 08   Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute in the year 1879.  

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   In the year 1879 carl Natanael Berg, composer  

Feb 10   1st electric arc light used (California Theater) in the year 1879.  

Feb 10   In the year 1879 first electric arc light used (California Theater)  

Feb 10   Franz Carl Bornschein, composer in the year 1879.  

Feb 10   Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo in the year 1879.  

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies in the year 1879.  

Feb 11   Jean Gilbert, composer in the year 1879.  

Feb 12   1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC) in the year 1879.  

Feb 12   On this day in history artificial ice is created in at Madison Square Garden for the first time  

Feb 12   News about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London on this day in history.  

Feb 14   On this day in history chilean troops occupy Antofagasta  

Feb 15   Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Ct in the year 1879.  

Feb 15   U.S. President Rutherford Hayes signs a bill enabling female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court on this day in history.  

Feb 17   On this day in history dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club)  

Feb 18   Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha in the year 1879.  

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history agnes Arber, English biologist/philosopher (Mind & the Eye)  

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

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born in the year 1879.  

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

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

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

Jan 09   On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86  

Jan 13   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died in the year 1879.  

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 21   In the year 1879 peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69