Page 6: Historical Events In 1879

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

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

Jun 30   In the year 1879 ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods   

Jun 30   Walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 03   In the year 1879 philippe Gaubert, composer   

Jul 04   In the year 1879 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   Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 09   On this day in history friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Storgkh   

Jul 10   In the year 1879 harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A)   

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

Jul 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1879 hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director (KNMI)   

Jul 22   In the year 1879 gustaf Heintze, composer   

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

Jul 27   On this day in history francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)   

Aug 04   In the year 1879 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris   

Aug 05   First game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights in the year 1879.   

Aug 06   In the year 1879 joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)   

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 in the year 1879.   

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

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) on this day in history.   

Aug 15   On this day in history ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green)   

Aug 16   In the year 1879 ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise)   

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Jan 01   Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 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   In the year 1879 birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)   

Jan 02   Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 03   In the year 1879 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   In the year 1879 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   In the year 1879 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

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   In the year 1879 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