The year 1879 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1879 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.
Important Historical Events of the Year 1879 in World ⚡
Event__Date | Incident/Event |
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23 May | Russian author Ivan Turgenef was awarded a doctorate in civil law by Oxford University. He was the first writer in the world to be given this honor. |
22 October | American explorer Thomas Edison made the first successful use of a high resistive carbon filament. |
22 October | The first sedition case under British rule was against the great revolutionary Basudev Balwani Phadke. |
22 October | World's first car dealer showroom opens in London. |
20 December | Thomas Elva Edison performed the bright light. |
10 February | Electricity was used for lighting for the first time in the California theater in the US. |
14 March | The rich Albert Einstein was born in a middle-class family in the city of Ulm, Germany. |
11 January | The Anglo and Zulu War began. |
25 February | The US Congress passed the first Timberland Conservation Act. |
03 March | The first American female lawyer stepped into the US Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood) |
08 April | Selling of milk in glass bottles was first started. |
31 May | The first electric railway exhibition began at the Berlin Trades Exhibition. |
26 June | The German company Linde was founded by Karl von Linde. |
04 July | Anglo-Zulu War; This war effectively ended with the British victory in the Battle of Ulundi. |
12 August | The first National Archery Association tournament was set in Chicago. |
23 September | Richard Rhodes invented a listening machine called the audiophone. |
12 October | British troops captured Kabul and Afghanistan. |
04 November | African American inventor Thomas Ilkins invented the fridge. |
05 December | The first automatic phone switching system was developed. |
11 January | British forces under Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand without authorisation from the British Government, beginning the Anglo-Zulu War. |
22 January | Anglo-Zulu War-Zulu forces of King Cetshwayo fought to a decisive victory at the Battle of Isandlwana. |
08 February | Enraged by a controversial umpiring decision, cricket spectators looted and attacked the England cricket team during a match in Sydney, Australia. |
08 February | At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposed the adoption of worldwide standard time zones based on a single universal world time. |
11 March | Sho Tai, the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, abdicated whenthe kingdom was annexed by Japan and became Okinawa Prefecture. |
23 March | Fighting in the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru, the Bolivian Alliance opened with the Battle of Topper. |
26 May | Russia and the United Kingdom signed a Gandam treaty for the establishment of an Afghan kingdom. The Treaty of Gandamak officially ended the first phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Afghanistan handed over various border areas to Britain to prevent attacks on the country's further areas. |
01 June | Louis was killed in action during the Napoleon Anglo-Zulu War, sending shock waves throughout Europe, as he was the last serious hope for the restoration of the Bona parts for the French throne. |
01 July | American Egilist Charles Tease Russell published the first publication of The Watchtower, which is the most broadcast magazine in The World. |
18 September | In the English seaside city Blackpool, Blackpool Illumination, which was presented as the 'biggest free light show' on Earth, was first performed. |
22 October | Thomas Edison conducted a successful test using carbofillament thread in a hot light bulb (picture), which would display the most successful version of the product. |
21 December | The controversial drama by Henrik Ibsen, a doll house, was met by the 19th -century marriage criteria, which was premiered in Denmark's Royal Theater Copenhagen. |
28 December | The Tai Rail Bridge, spread over the Fath of Tye in Scotlandbatten Dundi and Warmit, fell during a violent storm while passing through it, killing everyone. |
Important Historical Events of the Year 1879 in India ⚡
Event__Date | Incident/Event |
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01 July | Postcards were introduced in India. |
13 February | One of the important national leaders of India, Sarojini Naidu was born. |
13 June | Indian revolutionary Ganesh Damodar Savarkar was born. Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, also known as Babrao Savarkar, was an Indian freedom fighter, nationalist and founder of Abhinav Bharat Society. He was a symbol of valor which is unknown and untrue. He led an armed movement against the British colonial government in India, as a result he was sentenced to transport for life. |
Famous People's Birthdays in 1879 😀
Birth | Name/Category/Country |
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13 February | Sarojini Naidu / Politician / India |
13 February | Sarojini Naidu / Poet / India |
13 February | Sarojini Naidu / Politician / India |
13 February | Sarojini Naidu / Writer / India |
13 January | Sarojini Naidu / Poet / India |
17 September | Periyar E. V. Ramasamy / Politician / India |
30 December | Ramana Maharshi / Philosopher / India |
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