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September – Henry George self-publishes his major work Progress and Poverty. [2] September 25 – Deadwood, South Dakota fire: 2000 people are left homeless and 300 buildings destroyed; total loss of property is estimated at $3 million.
1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1879th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 879th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of ...
The short-lived declaration of an independent California Republic in 1846 was followed 25 days later by the onset of the Mexican–American War.After the resulting conquest of Alta California by United States military forces and American volunteers, California was administered by the U.S. military from 1846 to 1850.
The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1879 were elections for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred on September 3, 1879. California's delegation remained unchanged, at three Republicans and one Democrat.
This is a list of the individual California year pages. California was admitted as the 31st U ... 1879. 1880s 1880 1881 1882 ... History of California; Historical ...
John S. Enos, California State Senator (1880–1883) Pierce H. Ryan, California State Senator (1880–1885) Charles W. Cross, candidate for California Attorney General (1879), California State Senator (1883–1887) Thomas J. Pinder, California State Assemblyman (1881–1883), California State Senator (1887–1891)
The 1879 California gubernatorial election was held on September 3, 1879, to elect the governor of California. George Clement Perkins won a plurality of votes, marking the fourth consecutive election in which the incumbent governor's party was defeated. Earlier that year, on May 7, 1879, voters in California approved a new constitution which ...
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