Page 3: Historical Events In 1879
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
Feb 24 In the year 1879 herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Sun)
Feb 25 In the year 1879 congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act
Feb 25 Congress passed first Timberland Protection Act in the year 1879.
Feb 25 Otakar Ostrcil, composer in the year 1879.
Feb 26 Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten in the year 1879.
Feb 27 Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener) on this day in history.
Feb 27 On this day in history jose Sancho Marraco, composer
Feb 27 Two American chemists announce the discovery of saccharin on this day in history.
Feb 28 On this day in history "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation
Mar 01 In the year 1879 library of Hawaii founded
Mar 03 In the year 1879 1st female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
Mar 03 In the year 1879 the first female lawyer heard by Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
Mar 03 On this day in history the United States Geological Survey was established
Mar 03 On this day in history uS geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior
Mar 04 On this day in history bernhard Kellermann, writer
Mar 05 In the year 1879 walter Long, actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol)
Mar 08 On this day in history m Lichnowsky, writer
Mar 11 Guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt in the year 1879.
Mar 11 In the year 1879 justus Hermann Wetzel, composer
Mar 13 Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 on this day in history.
Mar 14 Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate (theory of relativity) in the year 1879.
Mar 14 On this day in history revolutionary physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany.
Mar 14 The birth of Albert Einstein, Austrian scientist on this day in history.
Mar 15 On this day in history gerrit J Heering, Dutch theologist (Fall of Christianity)
Mar 19 In the year 1879 joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich)
Mar 23 On this day in history war of the Pacific was fought between Chile and the joints forces of Bolivia and Peru. Chile successfully took over Arica and Tarapacá which left Bolivia as a landlocked country.
Mar 25 In the year 1879 otakar Zich, composer
Mar 27 In the year 1879 edward Steichen, pioneered American photography
Mar 27 In the year 1879 longest championship fight (136 rounds)
Mar 29 On this day in history tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow
Mar 30 In the year 1879 david van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74
Apr 04 Gabriel Groulez, composer in the year 1879.
Apr 05 On this day in history chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
Apr 08 On this day in history khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers
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