Historical Events In 1879

Feb 24   Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Sun) in the year 1879.  

Feb 25   Congress passed 1st Timberland Protection Act on this day in history.  

Feb 25   Congress passed first Timberland Protection Act in the year 1879.  

Feb 25   On this day in history otakar Ostrcil, composer  

Feb 26   Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten on this day in history.  

Feb 27   Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener) in the year 1879.  

Feb 27   In the year 1879 jose Sancho Marraco, composer  

Feb 27   Two American chemists announce the discovery of saccharin in the year 1879.  

Feb 28   On this day in history "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation  

Mar 01   Library of Hawaii founded in the year 1879.  

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   The United States Geological Survey was established in the year 1879.  

Mar 03   US geological survey director authorized in Department of the Interior on this day in history.  

Mar 04   Bernhard Kellermann, writer on this day in history.  

Mar 05   Walter Long, actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol) in the year 1879.  

Mar 08   In the year 1879 m Lichnowsky, writer  

Mar 11   In the year 1879 guelph Ontarioincorporated as a city; settlement founded by John Galt.  

Mar 11   On this day in history justus Hermann Wetzel, composer  

Mar 13   In the year 1879 adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60  

Mar 14   Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate (theory of relativity) in the year 1879.  

Mar 14   Revolutionary physicist Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany in the year 1879.  

Mar 14   On this day in history the birth of Albert Einstein, Austrian scientist  

Mar 15   In the year 1879 gerrit J Heering, Dutch theologist (Fall of Christianity)  

Mar 19   Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Tobias Wunderlich) in the year 1879.  

Mar 23   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 in the year 1879.  

Mar 25   Otakar Zich, composer in the year 1879.  

Mar 27   Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography in the year 1879.  

Mar 27   Longest championship fight (136 rounds) in the year 1879.  

Mar 29   On this day in history tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow  

Mar 30   David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Apr 04   In the year 1879 gabriel Groulez, composer  

Apr 05   On this day in history chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.  

Apr 08   Khedive Ismael of Egypt fires French/British ministers in the year 1879.  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)  

Jan 01   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 in the year 1879.  

Jan 13   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 in the year 1879.  

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

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle in the year 1879.  

Jan 23   Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 in the year 1879.  

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies on this day in history.  

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