Historical Events In 1879

Jun 26   In the year 1879 ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt  

Jun 28   Sigurd von Koch, composer in the year 1879.  

Jun 30   On this day in history 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   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   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   Jacob Weinberg, composer in the year 1879.  

Jul 08   In the year 1879 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   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   Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon on this day in history.  

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   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene on this day in history.  

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

Aug 04   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris on this day in history.  

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

Aug 06   Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize) on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 12   On this day in history 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) 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) in the year 1879.  

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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   On this day in history birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)  

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)  

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

Jan 03   Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born in the year 1879.  

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

Jan 16   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died in the year 1879.  

Jan 22   In the year 1879 anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle  

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   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