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Historical events from year 1879. Learn about 111 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1879 or search by date or keyword.
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.
Apr 5 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific. Oct 22 Thomas Edison perfects carbonized cotton filament light bulb. Nov 4 African American inventor Thomas Elkins patents the Refrigerating Apparatus [1] More 1879 Events.
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.
Events December 31: Edison demonstrates his light bulb. January – The constitution of California is ratified. January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect: the Greenback is valued the same as gold for the first time since the American Civil War.
24 apr 2021 · 1879 . April 30, 1879: Sarah J. Hale, a magazine editor who urged President Lincoln to make Thanksgiving an official holiday, died at the age of 90. August 21, 1879: Villagers at Knock, in rural Ireland, saw visions of the Virgin Mary, St. Joseph, and St. John the Evangelist. The village became a place of Catholic pilgrimage afterward.
Withdrawing from South Carolina. Troops depart the statehouse in South Carolina following a meeting at the White House with Daniel H. Chamberlain and Wade Hampton; without support, Chamberlain gives in, and Hampton becomes governor. April 24, 1877. Withdrawing from Louisiana. As in South Carolina, Hayes officially withdraws soldiers from Louisiana.
