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   Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame)   

Jul 01   Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha sails from Alexandria to Naples in the year 1879.   

Jul 01   Leon Jouhaux, France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO (Nobel 1951) in the year 1879.   

Jul 03   Philippe Gaubert, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 04   On this day in history africaner Union forms by Rev SJ du Toit at Cape colony   

Jul 05   Dwight Filley Davis, US Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup in the year 1879.   

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

Jul 07   On this day in history jacob Weinberg, composer   

Jul 08   USS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic in the year 1879.   

Jul 09   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis in the year 1879.   

Jul 09   In the year 1879 friedrich Adler, Austria social-democrat/murderer of premier Storgkh   

Jul 10   In the year 1879 harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr (crystallized vitamin A)   

Jul 17   In the year 1879 1st railroad opens in Hawaii   

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

Jul 19   On this day in history doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots up his New Mexico saloon.   

Jul 19   In the year 1879 hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director (KNMI)   

Jul 22   Gustaf Heintze, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1879 c H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene   

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

Aug 04   On this day in history pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris   

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   J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07) in the year 1879.   

Aug 07   The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester in the year 1879.   

Aug 08   On this day in history emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader   

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

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

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

Aug 13   John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Mai-Dun) in the year 1879.   

Aug 15   Ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green) in the year 1879.   

Aug 16   On this day in history ethel Barrymore, classic film & stage actress (Pinky, Moonrise)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)   

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)   

Jan 02   In the year 1879 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   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 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 in the year 1879.   

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle in the year 1879.   

Jan 23   In the year 1879 adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

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