Page 5: Historical Events In 1879

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

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

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   Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

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

May 31   First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition in the year 1879.   

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

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

Jun 01   Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War on this day in history.   

Jun 02   On this day in history adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)   

Jun 02   E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 in the year 1879.   

Jun 03   Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer on this day in history.   

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

Jun 05   Adolf Wiklund, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 06   On this day in history l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect   

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

Jun 09   On this day in history 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   Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 in the year 1879.   

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

Jun 13   George Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   On this day in history fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)   

Jun 16   On this day in history gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC   

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

Jun 18   In the year 1879 w H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage   

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 21   On this day in history umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)   

Jun 23   In the year 1879 william Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman   

Jun 24   Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer in the year 1879.   

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Jan 01   Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)   

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

Jan 05   Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 in the year 1879.   

Jan 13   On this day in history wF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58   

Jan 16   In the year 1879 death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

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

Jan 23   Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1879.   

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

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies on this day in history.   

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