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1879 Calendar

1879 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728 
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     
April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930   
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     
July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930    
October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   

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1879 Historical Event(s)

  •  January 11, 1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
  •  February 8, 1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  •  February 14, 1879 – The War of the Pacific breaks out when Chilean armed forces occupy the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
  •  February 15, 1879 – Women’s rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
  •  March 23, 1879 – War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
  •  June 1, 1879 – Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
  •  July 1, 1879 – Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
  •  July 8, 1879 – Sailing ship USS Jeannette (1878) departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
  •  October 7, 1879 – Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the “Twofold Covenant” and create the Dual Alliance.
  •  December 21, 1879 – World première of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen.

Who Were Born On 1879?

  •  January 5, 1879 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)
  •  January 22, 1879 – Francis Picabia, French-born painter and poet (d. 1953)
  •  April 20, 1879 – Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944)
  •  May 23, 1879 – Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966)
  •  May 24, 1879 – H. B. Reese, American inventor of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and founder of H. B. Reese Candy Co. (d. 1956)
  •  May 25, 1879 – Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-born British publisher (d. 1964)
  •  May 27, 1879 – Hans Lammers, German SS officer (d. 1962)
  •  June 4, 1879 – Mabel Lucie Attwell, English children’s author and illustrator (d. 1964)
  •  November 10, 1879 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet (d. 1931)