Historical Events In 1879

Aug 17   On this day in history ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company  

Aug 20   Govt Kappeijne of Coppello resigns in the year 1879.  

Aug 21   Henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor (As You Like It) on this day in history.  

Aug 21   In the year 1879 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   Alfreds Kalnins, composer in the year 1879.  

Aug 23   In the year 1879 governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo  

Aug 24   Rentaro Taki, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 in the year 1879.  

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

Aug 29   On this day in history han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher  

Aug 30   On this day in history john B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48  

Aug 31   Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26) on this day in history.  

Aug 31   William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1879 nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58  

Sep 12   Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter in the year 1879.  

Sep 12   On this day in history peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49  

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

Sep 15   In the year 1879 pim Mulier forms "Haarlem Football Club"  

Sep 17   Eugene Emmanuel Violletle-Duc, gothic archetect, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1879 the Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.  

Sep 19   Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2½" at age 17 years & 198 days on this day in history.  

Sep 20   On this day in history jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Curacaos composer  

Sep 20   U. Grant comes to SF for elaborate extended visit on this day in history.  

Sep 20   US Grants come to SF for elaborate extended visit in the year 1879.  

Sep 23   Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia on this day in history.  

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

Sep 25   In the year 1879 luis da Costa, composer  

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

Sep 27   Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author (Heroic Suite) on this day in history.  

Sep 28   On this day in history benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor (Barnet, Mockery)  

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)  

Jan 01   William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born on this day in history.  

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 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   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 in the year 1879.  

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   Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 in the year 1879.  

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.