Historical Events In 1879

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

May 27   On this day in history lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)  

May 28   Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist on this day in history.  

May 30   On this day in history 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May  

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

May 30   In the year 1879 colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)  

May 30   On this day in history gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden  

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   Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War on this day in history.  

Jun 02   In the year 1879 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   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   On this day in history knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)  

Jun 09   Dudley Digges in the year 1879.  

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 in the year 1879.  

Jun 13   A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella on this day in history.  

Jun 13   George Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30) on this day in history.  

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   W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage in the year 1879.  

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) on this day in history.  

Jun 21   Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide) on this day in history.  

Jun 23   William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman in the year 1879.  

Jun 24   In the year 1879 agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer  

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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   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born in the year 1879.  

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

Jan 01   William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born in the year 1879.  

Jan 02   Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) was born in the year 1879.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)  

Jan 03   In the year 1879 birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)  

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died on this day in history.  

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

Jan 23   Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1879.  

Jan 29   In the year 1879 antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80  

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 in the year 1879.