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November 1 – Zachariah Chandler, U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1857 to 1875 and in 1879 (born 1813) December 31 – George S. Houston, Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878 and U.S. Senator from Alabama in 1879 (born 1811)
Category: 1879 in the United States by state or territory. ... 1879 in Pennsylvania (4 C) R. 1879 in Rhode Island (1 C) T. 1879 in Tennessee (1 C) 1879 in Texas (2 C ...
Pennsylvania portal; United States portal; History portal ... 1879 Pennsylvania elections (1 P) S. 1879 in sports in Pennsylvania ...
1879 in the United States by state or territory (46 C) 1879 disestablishments in the United States (8 C, 1 P) 1879 establishments in the United States (45 C, 16 P)
The 1878–79 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 3, 1878, and September 3, 1879. [d] Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before or after the first session of the 46th United States Congress convened on March 18, 1879. Elections were ...
The Pittsburgh Keystones win the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League title. Harry Peel, of the Pittsburgh Keystones admits that he was paid $35 a week to play in the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, becoming one of the first openly professional ice hockey players. Pittsburgh Railways Company and Children's Institute of Pittsburgh established.
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 ...
February 28 – Mississippi State University is created by the Mississippi Legislature (under the name The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi). March 26 – University of California, Hastings College of the Law is founded. April 4 – The Gunfight at Blazer's Mill occurs in Lincoln County, New Mexico.