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| 1879 in History |
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January 1, 1879 Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) January 1, 1879 Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) January 1, 1879 Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) January 1, 1879 John Brahms' Violin Concerto in D major premieres in Leipzig January 1, 1879 William Fox, U.S. film pioneer (Nickelodeon) January 2, 1879 1st Test match hat-trick, Fred Spofforth at the MCG January 2, 1879 British battleship Thunder explodes in Gulf of Ismid, 9 die January 2, 1879 Dr Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education January 2, 1879 Northwestern League (minor baseball league) organized, Rockford, Ill January 2, 1879 Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) January 3, 1879 Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) January 7, 1879 Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont January 7, 1879 St Bernadette (Marie-Bernarde Soubirous), 1844(?), religious visionary January 9, 1879 Cheyenne prisoners led by Dull Knife revolt at Fort Robinson January 9, 1879 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 January 9, 1879 John Broadus Watson, behaviorist psychologist January 9, 1879 Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas January 11, 1879 Antonio Beltramelli, writer January 11, 1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins January 12, 1879 British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand |
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