Historical Events In 1879

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

Jun 28   Sigurd von Koch, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 30   In the year 1879 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   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) on this day in history.   

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

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   Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 08   USS Jeannette departs San Francisco to explore Arctic on this day in history.   

Jul 09   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #199 Byblis on this day in history.   

Jul 09   On this day in history 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   The first railroad opens in Hawaii in the year 1879.   

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   In the year 1879 gustaf Heintze, composer   

Jul 27   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene in the year 1879.   

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

Aug 04   In the year 1879 pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris   

Aug 05   First game of night football at Melbourne Cricket Ground, under gas-lights in the year 1879.   

Aug 06   Joseph Wirth, German politician (Stalin Peace Prize) in the year 1879.   

Aug 07   In the year 1879 j J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)   

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

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

Aug 12   On this day in history 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

Aug 12   On this day in history first National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

Aug 12   In the year 1879 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)   

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   In the year 1879 birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

Jan 02   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 03   Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)   

Jan 09   On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

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

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1879 honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 on this day in history.