Historical Events in 1879
31 curated events dated to this year, and 234 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1879
Events dated to this year
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Edison Demonstrates the Carbon-Filament Incandescent Lamp
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Edison demonstrates the practical incandescent light bulb at Menlo Park
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Publication of Primo vere
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Admission to Newnham College, Cambridge
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Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld Completes Northeast Passage
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Carlisle Indian Industrial School Opens
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Death of James Nack
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Irish National Land League Founded
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The Invention of Saccharin and the Birth of Artificial Sweeteners
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Appointment as a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University
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First Refrigerated Shipment to the UK from North America
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Irish Land War Intensifies
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Rediscovery of the Caves of Altamira
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Rudolf Lindt Invents Conching Process
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The Agonizing Defense of Rorke's Drift
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The Cash Register (Invention That Succeeded)
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Women's Colleges at Oxford and Cambridge Expand
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Woolworth Opens Early Five-and-Dime Store
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Zulu War
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Cadbury Expands Chocolate Production
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Charles Brush installs arc light system in Cleveland's Public Square
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Death of J.G. Holland's Wife
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Discovery of the Plasma State
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Family Move to Bideford and Schooling
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French Military Balloon School Established
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Kraft Process for Stronger Paper
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Relocation to St. Louis, Missouri
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Service's Move to Scotland
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First Fish-Canning Factory Established in Cádiz
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Kaitangata Mine Explosion
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Royal National Park Designated in Australia (First Marine Protected Area)
Poets alive in 1879
234 poets
Poets in 1879
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