Page 5: Historical Events In 1879

May 25   On this day in history w Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker   

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

May 28   Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist in the year 1879.   

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   Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I) on this day in history.   

May 30   Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden in the year 1879.   

May 31   1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition in the year 1879.   

May 31   First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on this day in history.   

May 31   On this day in history madison Square Garden opens its doors   

May 31   Mark Hambourg, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 01   Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War in the year 1879.   

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

Jun 02   In the year 1879 e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23   

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

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

Jun 05   Adolf Wiklund, composer in the year 1879.   

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

Jun 07   In the year 1879 knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)   

Jun 09   Dudley Digges on this day in history.   

Jun 10   Benjamin Lambord, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1879.   

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) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   On this day in history gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer 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   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)   

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   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   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1879.   

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

Jan 23   In the year 1879 adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

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