What Happened In September 1879 - Historical Events 1879 September

Historical Events for September, 1879

3rd » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari called Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Corps of Guides (India) known as The Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul.
19th » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

2nd » An Jung-geun, Korean activist, assassin of Itō Hirobumi (d. 1910)
6th » Max Schreck, German actor (d. 1936)
6th » Joseph Wirth, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (German Reich) or Chancellor of Germany (d. 1956)
11th » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (d. 1962)
14th » Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (d. 1966)
15th » Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
17th » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (d. 1930)
17th » Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman, politician, and activist (d. 1973)
25th » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 1963)
27th » Hans Hahn (mathematician) e.g Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1934)
27th » Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach (d. 1962)
27th » Cyril Scott, English poet and composer (d. 1970)
29th » Marius Jacob, French criminal (d. 1954)