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   On this day in history ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples   

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

Jul 03   In the year 1879 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   In the year 1879 henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65   

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   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Storgkh in the year 1879.   

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

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

Jul 17   The first railroad opens in Hawaii on this day in history.   

Jul 19   In the year 1879 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   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene on this day in history.   

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

Aug 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)   

Aug 07   In the year 1879 the opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.   

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

Aug 12   On this day in history 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

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

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

Aug 13   On this day in history john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Mai-Dun)   

Aug 15   In the year 1879 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   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   In the year 1879 birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)   

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 in the year 1879.   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies on this day in history.   

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