What Happened In May 1879 In History

Historical Events for May, 1879

• 14th » The first group of 463 Indian indenture system Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the ship Leonidas ship 6.
• 21st » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
• 26th » Russian Empire known as Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• 31st » Gilmores Garden in New York City called New York, New York, is renamed Madison Square Garden (1879) called Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1879

• 2nd » James F. Byrnes, American politician, 49th United States Secretary of State (d. 1972)
• 3rd » Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman and soldier, co-founded Qantas (d. 1950)
• 6th » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952)
• 6th » Hendrik van Heuckelum, Dutch footballer (d. 1929)
• 8th » Wesley Coe, American shot putter (d. 1926)
• 10th » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)
• 14th » Fred Englehardt, American jumper (d. 1942)
• 16th » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (d. 1962)
• 19th » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (d. 1964)
• 22nd » Warwick Armstrong, Australian cricketer (d. 1947)
• 22nd » Jean Cras, French admiral and composer (d. 1932)
• 23rd » Elizabeth Gunn (paediatrician) called Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (d. 1963)
• 23rd » Dezső Lauber, Hungarian tennis player and architect (d. 1966)
• 25th » Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1964)
• 25th » Andrew Kennaway Henderson, English-New Zealand illustrator (d. 1960)
• 25th » William Stickney, American golfer (d. 1944)
• 27th » Karl Bühler, German-American linguist and psychologist (d. 1963)
• 27th » Hans Lammers, German judge and politician (d. 1962)
• 28th » Milutin Milanković, Serbian mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1958)
• 30th » Colin Blythe, English cricketer (d. 1917)
• 30th » Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist an academic (d. 1975)
• 31st » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano (d. 1952)

Famous Deaths for May 1879

• 15th » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semperoper known as Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 17th » Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
• 21st » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 24th » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)

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