Historical Events In 1879

Jun 26   Ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt on this day in history.  

Jun 28   On this day in history sigurd von Koch, composer  

Jun 30   Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods on this day in history.  

Jun 30   Walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame) in the year 1879.  

Jul 01   Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples on this day in history.  

Jul 01   Leon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup  

Jul 06   Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1879.  

Jul 07   Jacob Weinberg, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 08   On this day in history uSS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic.  

Jul 09   In the year 1879 c H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis  

Jul 09   In the year 1879 friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Storgkh  

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   The first railroad opens in Hawaii in the year 1879.  

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) on this day in history.  

Jul 22   Gustaf Heintze, composer in the year 1879.  

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

Jul 27   Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza) in the year 1879.  

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

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

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

Aug 07   On this day in history j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)  

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

Aug 08   On this day in history emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader  

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

Aug 12   On this day in history first National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)  

Aug 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green)  

Aug 16   Ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise) 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   William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86  

Jan 13   On this day in history wF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58  

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   Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   In the year 1879 antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80  

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

Feb 21   On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69