Historical Events In 1879

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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Jan 01   Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)   

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 in the year 1879.   

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)   

Jan 03   Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 05   Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 09   In the year 1879 don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

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

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   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   In the year 1879 honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 in the year 1879.