Historical Events In 1879

May 25   In the year 1879 w Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker   

May 27   On this day in history lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)   

May 28   On this day in history milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

May 30   92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May on this day in history.   

May 30   92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May in the year 1879.   

May 30   In the year 1879 colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)   

May 30   On this day in history gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden   

May 31   In the year 1879 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

May 31   On this day in history first electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

May 31   Madison Square Garden opens its doors in the year 1879.   

May 31   Mark Hambourg, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 01   In the year 1879 napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.   

Jun 02   Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) on this day in history.   

Jun 02   On this day in history e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23   

Jun 03   On this day in history pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer   

Jun 05   On this day in history 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75   

Jun 05   Adolf Wiklund, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 06   L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect on this day in history.   

Jun 07   In the year 1879 knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)   

Jun 09   In the year 1879 dudley Digges   

Jun 10   Benjamin Lambord, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 11   On this day in history roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager   

Jun 11   Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 in the year 1879.   

Jun 13   On this day in history a Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella   

Jun 13   On this day in history george Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30)   

Jun 16   Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC in the year 1879.   

Jun 18   W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage on this day in history.   

Jun 21   In the year 1879 f W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)   

Jun 21   On this day in history f W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately)   

Jun 21   In the year 1879 umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)   

Jun 23   William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman in the year 1879.   

Jun 24   On this day in history agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer   

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Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)   

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 in the year 1879.   

Jan 13   In the year 1879 wF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58   

Jan 16   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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