Page 5: Historical Events In 1879
Thursday, 10 July 2025
May 25 W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker on this day in history.
May 27 On this day in history lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)
May 28 In the year 1879 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 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1879.
May 31 On this day in history 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition
May 31 First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition in the year 1879.
May 31 Madison Square Garden opens its doors on this day in history.
May 31 In the year 1879 mark Hambourg, composer
Jun 01 In the year 1879 napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
Jun 02 On this day in history adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)
Jun 02 E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 in the year 1879.
Jun 03 In the year 1879 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 In the year 1879 adolf Wiklund, composer
Jun 06 L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect in the year 1879.
Jun 07 On this day in history knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)
Jun 09 Dudley Digges on this day in history.
Jun 10 In the year 1879 benjamin Lambord, composer
Jun 11 In the year 1879 roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager
Jun 11 Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 on this day in history.
Jun 13 A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella in the year 1879.
Jun 13 In the year 1879 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 in the year 1879.
Jun 16 Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC on this day in history.
Jun 18 On this day in history w H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage
Jun 21 On this day in history f W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)
Jun 21 F W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately) in the year 1879.
Jun 21 In the year 1879 umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)
Jun 23 In the year 1879 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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