Page 7: Historical Events In 1879

Aug 17   Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company in the year 1879.   

Aug 20   Govt Kappeijne of Coppello resigns in the year 1879.   

Aug 21   Henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor (As You Like It) in the year 1879.   

Aug 21   On this day in history the Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears to the people of Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.   

Aug 22   Friedrich August Kummer, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1879.   

Aug 23   Alfreds Kalnins, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 23   Governor-general Charles Gordon of Sudan returns to Cairo in the year 1879.   

Aug 24   In the year 1879 rentaro Taki, composer   

Aug 27   Rowland Hill, introduced postage stamps, dies at 84 in the year 1879.   

Aug 28   In the year 1879 battle at Ulundi: Lord Chelmsford beats king Cetshwayo's Zuluz   

Aug 29   On this day in history han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher   

Aug 30   John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48 in the year 1879.   

Aug 31   Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26) in the year 1879.   

Aug 31   William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies in the year 1879.   

Sep 06   Neal Rev Dodd, Iowa, actor (You Belong to Me) on this day in history.   

Sep 07   Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, Dutch actor (Haddock Mary) on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1879.   

Sep 12   On this day in history fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter   

Sep 12   In the year 1879 peter Arnold Heise, composer, dies at 49   

Sep 14   Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Pim Mulier forms "Haarlem Football Club" in the year 1879.   

Sep 17   In the year 1879 eugene Emmanuel Violletle-Duc, gothic archetect, dies   

Sep 18   In the year 1879 the Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.   

Sep 19   On this day in history thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track & field record pole-vaulting 11' 2½" at age 17 years & 198 days   

Sep 20   On this day in history jacobo Conrad, [Coco Lepol/Elias Martinus], Curacaos composer   

Sep 20   In the year 1879 u. Grant comes to SF for elaborate extended visit   

Sep 20   In the year 1879 uS Grants come to SF for elaborate extended visit   

Sep 23   In the year 1879 baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia   

Sep 23   Baldwin steam motors tram first tried in Sydney Australia on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Luis da Costa, composer in the year 1879.   

Sep 26   In the year 1879 petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer (Fairy, Samodiva Fee)   

Sep 27   In the year 1879 cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author (Heroic Suite)   

Sep 28   Benjamin Christensen, Viborg Denmark, actor (Barnet, Mockery) on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Nathan C Meeker, US, poet/writer, murdered 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   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 in the year 1879.   

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 in the year 1879.   

Jan 03   In the year 1879 birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)   

Jan 05   In the year 1879 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   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 in the year 1879.   

Jan 16   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died in the year 1879.   

Jan 22   On this day in history 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 in the year 1879.   

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

Feb 21   In the year 1879 peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69