Page 6: Historical Events In 1879

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

Jun 28   In the year 1879 sigurd von Koch, composer   

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 in the year 1879.   

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   In the year 1879 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 in the year 1879.   

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

Jul 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A)   

Jul 17   On this day in history 1st railroad opens in Hawaii   

Jul 17   The first railroad opens in Hawaii in the year 1879.   

Jul 19   In the year 1879 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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris   

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   In the year 1879 j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)   

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

Aug 08   In the year 1879 emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader   

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

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

Aug 12   The Intercolonial Railway gains access to Quebec by purchasing the Grand Trunk line between Quebec and Rivière du Loup on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 in the year 1879.   

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   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle in the year 1879.   

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 in the year 1879.   

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