Page 6: Historical Events In 1879

Jun 26   In the year 1879 ismael Pasha resigns as khedive of Egypt   

Jun 28   In the year 1879 sigurd von Koch, composer   

Jun 30   On this day in history ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods   

Jun 30   In the year 1879 walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame)   

Jul 01   In the year 1879 ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples   

Jul 01   Leon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951) on this day in history.   

Jul 03   In the year 1879 philippe Gaubert, composer   

Jul 04   Africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup on this day in history.   

Jul 06   On this day in history henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65   

Jul 07   Jacob Weinberg, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 08   In the year 1879 uSS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic.   

Jul 09   In the year 1879 c H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis   

Jul 09   Friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Storgkh in the year 1879.   

Jul 10   Harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A) in the year 1879.   

Jul 17   1st railroad opens in Hawaii on this day in history.   

Jul 17   In the year 1879 the first railroad opens in Hawaii   

Jul 19   In the year 1879 doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.   

Jul 19   On this day in history hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director (KNMI)   

Jul 22   On this day in history gustaf Heintze, composer   

Jul 27   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)   

Aug 04   Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris in the year 1879.   

Aug 05   First game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights on this day in history.   

Aug 06   In the year 1879 joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize)   

Aug 07   On this day in history j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)   

Aug 07   On this day in history the opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.   

Aug 08   Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader on this day in history.   

Aug 12   1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago) in the year 1879.   

Aug 12   In the year 1879 first National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

Aug 12   On this day in history the Intercolonial Railway gains access to Quebec by purchasing the Grand Trunk line between Quebec and Rivière du Loup.   

Aug 13   John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Mai-Dun) on this day in history.   

Aug 15   In the year 1879 ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green)   

Aug 16   Ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise) on this day in history.   

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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 in the year 1879.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 22   On this day in history anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle   

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

Jan 29   On this day in history 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.