Page 5: 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   Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist in the year 1879.   

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

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) in the year 1879.   

May 30   Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden in the year 1879.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1879 madison Square Garden opens its doors   

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

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) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 03   In the year 1879 pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer   

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

Jun 05   Adolf Wiklund, composer in the year 1879.   

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

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

Jun 09   On this day in history dudley Digges   

Jun 10   In the year 1879 benjamin Lambord, composer   

Jun 11   Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager on this day in history.   

Jun 11   On this day in history willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39   

Jun 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC   

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   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   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1879 wF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)   

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   On this day in history 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.