Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1879 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Normans Invade Ireland - 1169, Great Exhibition opens - 1851, TUC meets to agree on a General Strike - 1926, Sutton Hoo Dig Begins - 1939, Betting Shops Legal - 1961, Last UK Concert by Beatles - 1966, Tony Blairs 'New Labour' sweeps to power - 1997, Millennium May Day Protests - 2000
Famous and historic events from 1879
Battle of Isandlwana
Battle of Rorkes Drift
Collpase of the Tay Railway Bridge
Kew Devastated by Ice-Fall
Famous Britons born in 1879
Annie Kenney
Claude Grahame-White
Cyril Scott
E H Shepard
E M Forster
Ernest Jones
John Ireland
John Maclean
Max Beaverbrook
Patrick Pearse
Sir Matthew Smith
Sir Owen Richardson
Thomas Beecham
William Berry
William Beveridge
Recommended Books:
A Picture of Britain |
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Coast |
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