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4 giorni fa · 1879: Anglo-Zulu War results in British victory and the annexation of the Zulu Kingdom. 1879–1880: Little War against Spanish rule in Cuba leads to rebel defeat. 1879–1883: Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific. 1880–1881: First Boer War begins. 1881–1899: Mahdist War in Sudan.
2 giorni fa · 1879 Meteor falls near Estherville, Iowa; 1881 Lighthouse on Ameland begins operation; 1883 First appendectomy performed in North America by Abraham Groves in Canada; 1893 Imperial Institute in London opens; 1894 Hong Kong government declares port is infected with the plague. The outbreak will go on to kill 20,489 over 29 years.
3 giorni fa · 1879: Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison both patent a functional incandescent light bulb. Some two dozen inventors had experimented with electric incandescent lighting over the first three-quarters of the 19th century but never came up with a practical design.
2 giorni fa · The fire, a tragic event that filled the hearts of many with sorrow, resulted in the significant loss of irreplaceable records, artefacts, and other materials. Among the casualties were the records of the 1881 Census, railway surveys, and the Technological, Industrial and Sanitary Museum, which had been a treasure trove of knowledge since its founding in 1878 by the Australian Museum.
5 giorni fa · The beginning occurred when Ferdinand de Lesseps arrived in Panama on December 30, 1879, to turn the first shovel of dirt. He stayed at the new Grand Hotel, and the Technical Commission held their first meeting there on January 6, 1880.
3 giorni fa · The Saint-Domingue slave revolt in 1791. In 1789, the most populous French colonies were Saint-Domingue (today Haiti), Martinique, Guadeloupe, the Île Bourbon (Réunion) and the Île de la France. These colonies produced commodities such as sugar, coffee and cotton for exclusive export to France.
- 5 May 1789 – 9 November 1799, (10 years, 6 months, and 4 days)
5 giorni fa · Memories. Persons. en. pl. ru. Events: 12 List. Date: 28.12.1879. Additional information. The Tay Bridge disaster occurred during a violent storm on 28 December 1879 when the first Tay Rail Bridge collapsed while a train was passing over it from Wormit to Dundee, killing all aboard.
