Historical Events In 1879
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Jun 26 On this day in history ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt
Jun 28 Sigurd von Koch, composer in the year 1879.
Jun 30 In the year 1879 ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods
Jun 30 On this day in history walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Jul 01 In the year 1879 ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples
Jul 01 In the year 1879 leon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951)
Jul 03 Philippe Gaubert, composer on this day in history.
Jul 04 Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony on this day in history.
Jul 05 Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup on this day in history.
Jul 06 Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1879.
Jul 07 Jacob Weinberg, composer in the year 1879.
Jul 08 USS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic on this day in history.
Jul 09 In the year 1879 c H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis
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 In the year 1879 the first railroad opens in Hawaii
Jul 19 On this day in history doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.
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 In the year 1879 c H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene
Jul 27 In the year 1879 francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)
Aug 04 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris on this day in history.
Aug 05 First game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights in the year 1879.
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) on this day in history.
Aug 07 In the year 1879 the opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.
Aug 08 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader in the year 1879.
Aug 12 In the year 1879 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
Aug 12 In the year 1879 first National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
Aug 12 The Intercolonial Railway gains access to Quebec by purchasing the Grand Trunk line between Quebec and Rivière du Loup on this day in history.
Aug 13 In the year 1879 john N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Mai-Dun)
Aug 15 Ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green) in the year 1879.
Aug 16 Ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise) in the year 1879.
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