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In the year 1879
528 Notable birthdays
Yevgenia Bosch
Bolshevik politician (1879-1925).
Born August 23rd, 1879 in Ochakiv.
Died January 5th, 1925 at 45 years old in Moscow.
Heisuke Yanagawa
Japanese general (1879–1945).
Born October 2nd, 1879 in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 65 years old
Helen McNicoll
Canadian artist (1879-1915).
Born December 14th, 1879 in Toronto.
Died June 27th, 1915 at 35 years old in Swanage.
Shinobu Ishihara
Japanese ophthalmologist (1879–1963).
Born September 25th, 1879 in Tokyo Prefecture.
Died January 3rd, 1963 at 83 years old in Shimokawazu.
Philippe Gaubert
French musician.
Born July 3rd, 1879 in Cahors.
Died July 8th, 1941 at 62 years old in Paris (stroke). [ref]
Gleb Bokii
Soviet politician.
Born July 3rd, 1879 in Tbilisi.
Died November 15th, 1937 at 58 years old in Moscow.
Kafū Nagai
Japanese writer (1879−1959).
Born December 3rd, 1879 in Tokyo.
Died April 30th, 1959 at 79 years old in Ichikawa.
Gunther Burstyn
Austro-hungarian army officer.
Born July 6th, 1879 in Bad Aussee.
Died April 15th, 1945 at 65 years old in Korneuburg (unnatural death).
James H. Snook
Sportsperson, veterenarian, and executed murderer (1879–1930).
Born September 17th, 1879 in South Lebanon.
Died February 28th, 1930 at 50 years old in Columbus (electrocution).
Milan Šufflay
Croatian historian, albanologist, and politician (1879-1931).
Born November 9th, 1879 in Lepoglava.
Died February 18th, 1931 at 51 years old in Zagreb.
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar.
Born October 6th, 1879 in Uttar Pradesh, British Raj, Unnao district. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1957 at 77 years old in Deoband.
Guido Fubini
Italian mathematician (1879-1943).
Born January 19th, 1879 in Venice.
Died June 6th, 1943 at 64 years old in New York City.
Alan Wace
British archaeologist (1879-1957).
Born July 13th, 1879 in Cambridge. [ref]
Died November 9th, 1957 at 78 years old in Athens. [ref]
Henri-Pierre Roché
French writer, art collector and art dealer (1879-1959).
Born May 28th, 1879 in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1959 at 79 years old in Meudon. [ref]
Arthur Johnson
Irish footballer (1879–1929).
Born April 12th, 1879 in Dublin.
Died May 23rd, 1929 at 50 years old in Wallasey (pneumonia). [ref]
Eugène Freyssinet
French structural engineer.
Born July 13th, 1879 in Objat. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1962 at 82 years old in Saint-Martin-Vésubie. [ref]
Petar Živković
Prime minister of yugoslavia (1879-1947).
Born January 1st, 1879 in Negotin.
Died February 3rd, 1947 at 68 years old in Paris.
Jacques Bainville
French journalist, historian and academician (1879–1936).
Born February 9th, 1879 in Vincennes.
Died February 9th, 1936 at 57 years old in Rue de Bellechasse.
Karl Heinrich Emil Becker
German general (1879–1940).
Born December 14th, 1879 in Speyer.
Died April 8th, 1940 at 60 years old in Berlin.
Josep Maria Jujol
Spanish architect (1879–1949).
Born September 16th, 1879 in Tarragona.
Died May 1st, 1949 at 69 years old in Barcelona.
Ernst Herzfeld
German archaeologist.
Born July 23rd, 1879 in Celle. [ref]
Died January 21st, 1948 at 68 years old in Basel. [ref]
William Dobbie
British general.
Born July 12th, 1879 in Chennai.
Died October 3rd, 1964 at 85 years old in Kensington.
Mustafa al-Nahhas
Egyptian politician and prime minister (1879–1965).
Born June 15th, 1879 in Gharbia Governorate.
Died August 23rd, 1965 at 86 years old in Alexandria. [ref]
Alfred Ritscher
German explorer.
Born May 23rd, 1879 in Bad Lauterberg im Harz.
Died March 30th, 1963 at 83 years old in Hamburg.
Alfred Eckhard Zimmern
British academic (1879-1957).
Born January 26th, 1879 in Surbiton. [ref]
Died November 24th, 1957 at 78 years old in Hartford. [ref]
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