Historical Events In 1879

May 25   In the year 1879 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   In the year 1879 milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

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

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   1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1879 first electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

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

May 31   Mark Hambourg, composer in the year 1879.   

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

Jun 02   Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) in the year 1879.   

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

Jun 03   In the year 1879 pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer   

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

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   Benjamin Lambord, composer in the year 1879.   

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

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

Jun 16   On this day in history fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)   

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

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

Jun 18   W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1879 umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)   

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   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   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born in the year 1879.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)   

Jan 03   Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 09   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 16   In the year 1879 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

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

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

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 on this day in history.