Page 8: Historical Events In 1879

Sep 28   In the year 1879 sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route   

Sep 28   On this day in history sydney Australia innaugurates steam motor tram route   

Sep 29   Joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer in the year 1879.   

Sep 29   On this day in history nL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players   

Sep 30   In the year 1879 ernst Isler, composer   

Oct 01   In the year 1879 cincinnati Enquirer publishes 1st report on baseball reserve clause   

Oct 02   In the year 1879 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Musgrave Ritual" (BG)   

Oct 02   Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Musgrave Ritual" (BG) on this day in history.   

Oct 02   On this day in history wallace Stevens, Reading Pa, poet (Ideas of Order)   

Oct 05   Halfdan Cleve, composer in the year 1879.   

Oct 07   Germany & Austrian-Hungary sign Twofold Covenant on this day in history.   

Oct 07   On this day in history joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr   

Oct 08   In the year 1879 war of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.   

Oct 12   In the year 1879 british troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan   

Oct 13   Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie) in the year 1879.   

Oct 14   On this day in history f Kornberger, writer, dies at 58   

Oct 15   On this day in history jane Darwell, [Patti Woodward], Palmyra MO, actress (Huckleberry Finn)   

Oct 18   Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer in the year 1879.   

Oct 19   Afghan's emir Mohammed Yakub forced to resign on this day in history.   

Oct 21   Marie Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1879 thomas Edison invents the electric light.   

Oct 21   On this day in history thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb   

Oct 25   Jean Rogister, composer in the year 1879.   

Oct 26   On this day in history leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (pres of 1st Soviet) [OS]   

Oct 26   The birth of Leon Trotsky, Communist leader on this day in history.   

Oct 28   Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer in the year 1879.   

Oct 29   In the year 1879 franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932)   

Oct 30   Eily Malyon, London, actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch, Devotion) on this day in history.   

Oct 31   On this day in history big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies   

Nov 01   Pal Teleki-von Szek, geographer/premier Hungary (1920-21, 39-41) in the year 1879.   

Nov 02   In the year 1879 in a 6-day footrace a Mr Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km   

Nov 02   On this day in history jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer (Prince Regent)   

Nov 03   Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canada, Arctic explorer/ethnologist in the year 1879.   

Nov 04   On this day in history elkins patents refrigerating apparatus   

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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   In the year 1879 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 in the year 1879.   

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   In the year 1879 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   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   On this day in history antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80   

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1879 peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69