Historical Events In 1879

Aug 17   Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company in the year 1879.  

Aug 20   On this day in history govt Kappeijne of Coppello resigns  

Aug 21   On this day in history henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor (As You Like It)  

Aug 21   On this day in history the Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.  

Aug 22   Friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Aug 23   In the year 1879 alfreds Kalnins, composer  

Aug 23   On this day in history governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo  

Aug 24   Rentaro Taki, composer in the year 1879.  

Aug 27   In the year 1879 rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84  

Aug 28   On this day in history battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz  

Aug 29   In the year 1879 han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher  

Aug 30   John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Aug 31   On this day in history joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26)  

Aug 31   On this day in history william Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies  

Sep 06   Neal Rev Dodd, Iowa, actor (You Belong to Me) on this day in history.  

Sep 07   On this day in history nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, Dutch actor (Haddock Mary)  

Sep 08   Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Sep 12   In the year 1879 fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter  

Sep 12   Peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1879.  

Sep 14   Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent in the year 1879.  

Sep 15   Pim Mulier forms "Haarlem Football Club" on this day in history.  

Sep 17   In the year 1879 eugene Emmanuel Violletle-Duc, gothic archetect, dies  

Sep 18   On this day in history the Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.  

Sep 19   In the year 1879 thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2½" at age 17 years & 198 days  

Sep 20   In the year 1879 jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Curacaos composer  

Sep 20   On this day in history u. Grant comes to SF for elaborate extended visit  

Sep 20   In the year 1879 uS Grants come to SF for elaborate extended visit  

Sep 23   Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia in the year 1879.  

Sep 23   Baldwin steam motors tram first tried in Sydney Australia in the year 1879.  

Sep 25   On this day in history luis da Costa, composer  

Sep 26   In the year 1879 petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer (Fairy, Samodiva Fee)  

Sep 27   On this day in history cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author (Heroic Suite)  

Sep 28   In the year 1879 benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor (Barnet, Mockery)  

Sep 28   Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered 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   On this day in history birth of emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)  

Jan 01   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born in the year 1879.  

Jan 01   William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born in the year 1879.  

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   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   On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86  

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   On this day in history anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle  

Jan 23   On this day in history adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42  

Jan 29   On this day in history antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80  

Feb 11   On this day in history honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies  

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 on this day in history.