Page 10: Historical Events In 1879

Dec 21   In the year 1879 theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)   

Dec 22   Ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist (multiplier) in the year 1879.   

Dec 24   In the year 1879 stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer   

Dec 26   Armen Tigran Tigranyan, composer in the year 1879.   

Dec 26   In the year 1879 jean Leonard Marie Poiseuille, dies   

Dec 26   John Brahms' "Tragic Ouverture," premieres in the year 1879.   

Dec 27   In the year 1879 robert Greig, Australia, actor (Horse Feathers)   

Dec 27   The birth of Sydney Greenstreet, American actor in the year 1879.   

Dec 28   In the year 1879 north British Railway's train falls as Firth bridge collapses (Scot)   

Dec 29   Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I) in the year 1879.   

Dec 30   On this day in history gilbert & Sullivan's "Pirates of Penzance," premieres   

Dec 30   In the year 1879 sri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu philosopher/yogi (Maharshi Research Inst)   

Dec 31   On this day in history cornerstone laid for Iolani Palace (only royal palace in US)   

Dec 31   Edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp on this day in history.   

Dec 31   The opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is produced (New York NY) in the year 1879.   

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

Jan 01   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born on this day in history.   

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   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 03   In the year 1879 birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died in the year 1879.   

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

Jan 23   Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   In the year 1879 antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80   

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies in the year 1879.   

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 on this day in history.