Page 5: Historical Events In 1879

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

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

May 28   Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist on this day in history.   

May 30   In the year 1879 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May   

May 30   In the year 1879 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   Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

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

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

May 31   Madison Square Garden opens its doors in the year 1879.   

May 31   In the year 1879 mark Hambourg, composer   

Jun 01   On this day in history 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   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) in the year 1879.   

Jun 09   Dudley Digges on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1879 benjamin Lambord, composer   

Jun 11   In the year 1879 roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager   

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

Jun 13   A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella on this day in history.   

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

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

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) in the year 1879.   

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   On this day in history william Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

Jan 13   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 in the year 1879.   

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

Feb 21   On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69