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   Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods in the year 1879.   

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

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

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

Jul 03   Philippe Gaubert, composer on this day in history.   

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 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   On this day in history 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   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   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) on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1879.   

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   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   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   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   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   In the year 1879 birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)   

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 in the year 1879.   

Jan 16   In the year 1879 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1879 adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

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

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.