Search results
The Northern Chinese Famine of 1876–1879 ( Chinese: 丁戊奇荒) was marked by drought -induced crop failures and subsequent widespread starvation. Between 9.5 and 13 million people in China died [1] mostly in Shanxi province (5.5 million dead), but also in Zhili (now Hebei, 2.5 million dead), Henan (1 million) and Shandong (0.5 million). [2]
Wilhelm Wundt. Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt ( / wʊnt /; German: [vʊnt]; 16 August 1832 – 31 August 1920) was a German physiologist, philosopher, and professor, one of the fathers of modern psychology. Wundt, who distinguished psychology as a science from philosophy and biology, was the first person ever to call himself a psychologist. [1]
11. marts – Niels Bjerrum, dansk kemiker (død 1958) 14. marts – Albert Einstein, tysk-amerikansk fysiker (død 1955 ). 20. maj - Elspeth Douglas McClelland, engelsk suffragette og arkitekt (død 1920 ). 16. juni – Sigurd Swane, dansk maler og forfatter (død 1973 ). 7. oktober – Joe Hill, svensk-amerikansk fagforeningsaktivist ...
January 2 – Publication of first issue of Journal of the American Chemical Society. Per Teodor Cleve discovers the elements holmium and thulium. Lars Fredrik Nilson discovers the element scandium. Constantin Fahlberg working with Ira Remsen at Johns Hopkins University discovers saccharin.
1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX ) 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.
Sydney Riot of 1879. Coordinates: 33.8921°S 151.2252°E. An 1887 cricket match in progress at Sydney's Association Ground, the site of the riot. The Sydney Riot of 1879 was an instance of civil disorder that occurred at an early international cricket match. It took place on 8 February 1879 at what is now the Sydney Cricket Ground (at the time ...
Events. - The Gothenburg tram network began operation. - The first issue of the Karlstads-Tidningen. - The Sabbatsberg Hospital is founded. - The first national Flickskolemöte (Girl School Meeting) to reform female education is summoned by Hilda Caselli. [1]
