Page 5: Historical Events In 1879

May 25   In the year 1879 w Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker   

May 27   In the year 1879 lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)   

May 28   On this day in history milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

May 30   92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May in the year 1879.   

May 30   92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May in the year 1879.   

May 30   On this day in history colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)   

May 30   Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

May 31   On this day in history 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

May 31   In the year 1879 first electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

May 31   In the year 1879 madison Square Garden opens its doors   

May 31   Mark Hambourg, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 01   On this day in history napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.   

Jun 02   Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) on this day in history.   

Jun 02   E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 on this day in history.   

Jun 03   On this day in history pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer   

Jun 05   In the year 1879 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75   

Jun 05   Adolf Wiklund, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 06   On this day in history l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect   

Jun 07   Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   Dudley Digges in the year 1879.   

Jun 10   In the year 1879 benjamin Lambord, composer   

Jun 11   Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager on this day in history.   

Jun 11   Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 on this day in history.   

Jun 13   In the year 1879 a Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella   

Jun 13   On this day in history george Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30)   

Jun 16   Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law) in the year 1879.   

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC on this day in history.   

Jun 18   In the year 1879 w H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage   

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately) on this day in history.   

Jun 21   In the year 1879 f W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately)   

Jun 21   Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide) in the year 1879.   

Jun 23   On this day in history william Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman   

Jun 24   Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1879 don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

Jan 13   In the year 1879 wF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58   

Jan 16   In the year 1879 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

Jan 22   On this day in history anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle   

Jan 23   On this day in history adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1879 honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

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