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Historical Events In 1879
Monday, 09 December 2019
Jan 25 On this day in history the Bulgarian National Bank is founded. 
Jan 26 On this day in history ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans, Flemish (stage)author (Tille)
Jan 29 Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history the birth of W.C Fields, Stage and film comedian
Jan 30 In the year 1879 french President MacMahon resigns
Feb 01 Sydney Baynes, composer on this day in history.
Feb 03 In the year 1879 charles Follis, 1st black NFLer (Shelby, Ohio)
Feb 05 Edward Rigby, England, actor (Star Look Down, Young & Innocent) on this day in history.
Feb 05 Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow in the year 1879.
Feb 06 On this day in history carl Ramsauer
Feb 08 Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute on this day in history.
Feb 08 On this day in history sanford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time, by dividing the world into 24 equal time zones, with standard time within each zone
Feb 09 In the year 1879 carl Natanael Berg, composer
Feb 10 On this day in history 1st electric arc light used (California Theater)
Feb 10 In the year 1879 first electric arc light used (California Theater)
Feb 10 Franz Carl Bornschein, composer on this day in history.
Feb 10 Henry Morton Stanley departs to the Congo on this day in history.
Feb 11 In the year 1879 honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies
Feb 11 In the year 1879 jean Gilbert, composer
Feb 12 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC) in the year 1879.
Feb 12 Artificial ice is created in at Madison Square Garden for the first time in the year 1879.
Feb 12 In the year 1879 news about slaughtering of Isandlwana reaches London
Feb 14 In the year 1879 chilean troops occupy Antofagasta
Feb 15 On this day in history 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 Dorothy Canfield Fisher, US, novelist (Book-of-Month-Club) on this day in history.
Feb 18 Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha in the year 1879.
Feb 21 In the year 1879 peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69
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 On this day in history frank Woolworth opens his first 'Woolworths' store in Utica, New York state
Feb 23 In the year 1879 agnes Arber, English biologist/philosopher (Mind & the Eye)
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