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   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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1879.  

May 31   Madison Square Garden opens its doors in the year 1879.  

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

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

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 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 in the year 1879.  

Jun 06   L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect in the year 1879.  

Jun 07   Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule) in the year 1879.  

Jun 09   Dudley Digges in the year 1879.  

Jun 10   Benjamin Lambord, composer in the year 1879.  

Jun 11   In the year 1879 roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager  

Jun 11   On this day in history willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39  

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

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 in the year 1879.  

Jun 18   W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage in the year 1879.  

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately) in the year 1879.  

Jun 21   On this day in history f W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately)  

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

Jun 23   In the year 1879 william Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman  

Jun 24   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1879 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   In the year 1879 birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)  

Jan 09   In the year 1879 don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86  

Jan 13   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   In the year 1879 anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle  

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

Jan 29   On this day in history antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80  

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

Feb 21   In the year 1879 peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69