Historical Events In 1879

May 25   W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker in the year 1879.   

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

May 28   In the year 1879 milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

May 30   On this day in history 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May   

May 30   92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May on this day in history.   

May 30   On this day in history colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)   

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

May 31   1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition in the year 1879.   

May 31   In the year 1879 first electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

May 31   Madison Square Garden opens its doors on this day in history.   

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

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) on this day in history.   

Jun 02   E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1879 l Patrick Abercrombie, English architect   

Jun 07   Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   Dudley Digges on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1879 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   A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella in the year 1879.   

Jun 13   In the year 1879 george Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30)   

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

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC on this day in history.   

Jun 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history f W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)   

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   William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history 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   Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1879 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   In the year 1879 anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle   

Jan 23   On this day in history adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

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   In the year 1879 peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69