Historical Events In 1879

May 25   W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker in the year 1879.  

May 27   On this day in history 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   In the year 1879 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May  

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   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   In the year 1879 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   On this day in history e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23  

Jun 03   Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer on this day in history.  

Jun 05   On this day in history 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75  

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

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

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

Jun 09   In the year 1879 dudley Digges  

Jun 10   Benjamin Lambord, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 11   On this day in history roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager  

Jun 11   In the year 1879 willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39  

Jun 13   On this day in history a Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella  

Jun 13   In the year 1879 george Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30)  

Jun 16   In the year 1879 fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)  

Jun 16   In the year 1879 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   On this day in history w H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage  

Jun 21   In the year 1879 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) 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   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   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   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   In the year 1879 anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle  

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

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

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies in the year 1879.  

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 in the year 1879.