Year 1879 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1879

The year 1879 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1879 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
23 May	Russian author Ivan Turgenef was awarded a doctorate in civil law by Oxford University. He was the first writer in the world to be given this honor.
22 October	American explorer Thomas Edison made the first successful use of a high resistive carbon filament.
22 October	The first sedition case under British rule was against the great revolutionary Basudev Balwani Phadke.
22 October	World's first car dealer showroom opens in London.
20 December	Thomas Elva Edison performed the bright light.
10 February	Electricity was used for lighting for the first time in the California theater in the US.
14 March	The rich Albert Einstein was born in a middle-class family in the city of Ulm, Germany.
11 January	The Anglo and Zulu War began.
25 February	The US Congress passed the first Timberland Conservation Act.
03 March	The first American female lawyer stepped into the US Supreme Court (Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood)
08 April	Selling of milk in glass bottles was first started.
31 May	The first electric railway exhibition began at the Berlin Trades Exhibition.
26 June	The German company Linde was founded by Karl von Linde.
04 July	Anglo-Zulu War; This war effectively ended with the British victory in the Battle of Ulundi.
12 August	The first National Archery Association tournament was set in Chicago.
23 September	Richard Rhodes invented a listening machine called the audiophone.
12 October	British troops captured Kabul and Afghanistan.
04 November	African American inventor Thomas Ilkins invented the fridge.
05 December	The first automatic phone switching system was developed.
11 January	British forces under Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand without authorisation from the British Government, beginning the Anglo-Zulu War.
22 January	Anglo-Zulu War-Zulu forces of King Cetshwayo fought to a decisive victory at the Battle of Isandlwana.
08 February	Enraged by a controversial umpiring decision, cricket spectators looted and attacked the England cricket team during a match in Sydney, Australia.
08 February	At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposed the adoption of worldwide standard time zones based on a single universal world time.
11 March	Sho Tai, the last king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, abdicated whenthe kingdom was annexed by Japan and became Okinawa Prefecture.
23 March	Fighting in the War of the Pacific between Chile and Peru, the Bolivian Alliance opened with the Battle of Topper.
26 May	Russia and the United Kingdom signed a Gandam treaty for the establishment of an Afghan kingdom. The Treaty of Gandamak officially ended the first phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Afghanistan handed over various border areas to Britain to prevent attacks on the country's further areas.
01 June	Louis was killed in action during the Napoleon Anglo-Zulu War, sending shock waves throughout Europe, as he was the last serious hope for the restoration of the Bona parts for the French throne.
01 July	American Egilist Charles Tease Russell published the first publication of The Watchtower, which is the most broadcast magazine in The World.
18 September	In the English seaside city Blackpool, Blackpool Illumination, which was presented as the 'biggest free light show' on Earth, was first performed.
22 October	Thomas Edison conducted a successful test using carbofillament thread in a hot light bulb (picture), which would display the most successful version of the product.
21 December	The controversial drama by Henrik Ibsen, a doll house, was met by the 19th -century marriage criteria, which was premiered in Denmark's Royal Theater Copenhagen.
28 December	The Tai Rail Bridge, spread over the Fath of Tye in Scotlandbatten Dundi and Warmit, fell during a violent storm while passing through it, killing everyone.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
01 July	Postcards were introduced in India.
13 February	One of the important national leaders of India, Sarojini Naidu was born.
13 June	Indian revolutionary Ganesh Damodar Savarkar was born. Ganesh Damodar Savarkar, also known as Babrao Savarkar, was an Indian freedom fighter, nationalist and founder of Abhinav Bharat Society. He was a symbol of valor which is unknown and untrue. He led an armed movement against the British colonial government in India, as a result he was sentenced to transport for life.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
13 February	Sarojini Naidu / Politician / India
13 February	Sarojini Naidu / Poet / India
13 February	Sarojini Naidu / Politician / India
13 February	Sarojini Naidu / Writer / India
13 January	Sarojini Naidu / Poet / India
17 September	Periyar E. V. Ramasamy / Politician / India
30 December	Ramana Maharshi / Philosopher / India

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