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   On this day in history 92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May   

May 30   Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I) on this day in history.   

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

May 31   1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on this day in history.   

May 31   First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on this day in history.   

May 31   On this day in history madison Square Garden opens its doors   

May 31   Mark Hambourg, composer in the year 1879.   

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) in the year 1879.   

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

Jun 03   Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer in the year 1879.   

Jun 05   In the year 1879 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75   

Jun 05   Adolf Wiklund, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 06   L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect in the year 1879.   

Jun 07   On this day in history knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)   

Jun 09   In the year 1879 dudley Digges   

Jun 10   On this day in history benjamin Lambord, composer   

Jun 11   Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager in the year 1879.   

Jun 11   In the year 1879 willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39   

Jun 13   In the year 1879 a Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella   

Jun 13   George Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30) in the year 1879.   

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 in the year 1879.   

Jun 16   In the year 1879 gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC   

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

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately) in the year 1879.   

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

Jun 21   Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 24   Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer 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   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   In the year 1879 birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)   

Jan 03   Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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