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Jan 16 The Windom Resolution by Minnesota Senator William Windom encourages black migration out of the South, helping trigger the "Exodus of 1879". 6,000 southern blacks flee Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas for Kansas. [1] Jan 20 British troops under Lord Chelmsford make camp at Isandlwana.
- May
May 16 Antonín Dvořák's "Slavonic Dances" premieres; May 16...
- June
Historical events in June 1879. Learn about 8 famous,...
- Aug UST
Aug 7 The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester.;...
- Music
Events in music in 1879. See what famous, scandalous and...
- Sport
Jan 23 US National Archery Association forms in...
- Mar Ch
Mar 23 War of the Pacific fought between Chile and the...
- Jan Uary
Jan 16 January record 13" of snow falls in NYC (broken Jan...
- Sep Tember
Historical events in September 1879. Learn about 10 famous,...
- May
Events. January–March. January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. January 22 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Isandlwana: A force of 1,200 British soldiers is wiped out by over 20,000 Zulu warriors.
September 25 – Deadwood, South Dakota fire: 2000 people are left homeless and 300 buildings destroyed; total loss of property is estimated at $3 million. September 29 – Meeker Massacre: Nathan Meeker and others are killed in an uprising at the White River Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado.
Historical Events for the Year 1879. 11th January » The Anglo-Zulu War begins. 22nd January » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Isandlwana Zulu people named Zulu troops decisively defeat British troops. 25th January » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
Let Battle Begin. Jan 22 Battle of Rorke's Drift: British garrison of 150 holds off 3,000-4,000 Zulu warriors. Eleven Victoria Crosses and a number of other decorations were awarded to the defenders. Apr 5 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
Congressional Power. The U.S. government in the late nineteenth century was smaller and weaker than the federal government in the twentieth century. Congress overshadowed the presidency in authority and power.
Events from the year 1879 in the United Kingdom . Incumbents. Monarch – Victoria. Prime Minister – Benjamin Disraeli ( Conservative) Events. 1 January – Benjamin Henry Blackwell opens the first Blackwell 's bookshop in Oxford. [1] 8 January – British army occupies Kandahar in Afghanistan. [2] 11 January – Anglo-Zulu War begins.
