Page 6: Historical Events In 1879

Jun 26   On this day in history ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt   

Jun 28   Sigurd von Koch, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods   

Jun 30   On this day in history walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame)   

Jul 01   In the year 1879 ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples   

Jul 01   Leon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951) in the year 1879.   

Jul 03   On this day in history philippe Gaubert, composer   

Jul 04   On this day in history africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony   

Jul 05   Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup in the year 1879.   

Jul 06   On this day in history henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65   

Jul 07   On this day in history jacob Weinberg, composer   

Jul 08   USS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic in the year 1879.   

Jul 09   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis in the year 1879.   

Jul 09   Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Storgkh on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A) in the year 1879.   

Jul 17   1st railroad opens in Hawaii in the year 1879.   

Jul 17   In the year 1879 the first railroad opens in Hawaii   

Jul 19   On this day in history doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.   

Jul 19   Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director (KNMI) in the year 1879.   

Jul 22   Gustaf Heintze, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene   

Jul 27   In the year 1879 francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)   

Aug 04   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris in the year 1879.   

Aug 05   On this day in history first game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights.   

Aug 06   Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize) in the year 1879.   

Aug 07   J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07) in the year 1879.   

Aug 07   The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester on this day in history.   

Aug 08   Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader on this day in history.   

Aug 12   1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago) in the year 1879.   

Aug 12   In the year 1879 first National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

Aug 12   In the year 1879 the Intercolonial Railway gains access to Quebec by purchasing the Grand Trunk line between Quebec and Rivière du Loup.   

Aug 13   John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Mai-Dun) in the year 1879.   

Aug 15   Ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green) in the year 1879.   

Aug 16   On this day in history ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise)   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)   

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

Jan 02   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1879.   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

Jan 22   In the year 1879 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   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.