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'''1879''' was the 8th year after the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]].
'''1879''' was the eighth year after the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]].


==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 15]]: The [[Alabama State Bar Association]] was founded with former [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor]] [[Thomas Hill Watts]] presiding.
* [[February 5]]: The City of [[Anniston]] was incorporated.
* [[May 28]]: The city of [[Hanceville]] was incorporated.
* The first telephone call from Birmingham was made by [[F. H. Britton]] to a [[South and North Railroad]] shop in Decatur.
* The first telephone call from Birmingham was made by [[F. H. Britton]] to a [[South and North Railroad]] shop in Decatur.
* [[Moody]]'s first school was built.
* [[Moody]]'s first school was built.
* [[Giuseppe Moretti]] became apprenticed to a Dalmatian sculptor in Zagreb, Croatia.
* [[Samuel Ullman]] lost his re-election bid to the Natchez Board of Health following a yellow fever outbreak.
* [[Thomas Duke Parke]] earned his medical certificate in New York.
* [[Julia Tutwiler]] became co-principal of the [[Livingston Female Academy]].
* The [[Samford University|Howard College]] chapter of Sigma Nu was chartered.
* [[G. H. Pond]] succeeded [[L. M. Teal]] as [[List of Birmingham police chiefs|Birmingham Police Chief]].
* [[Rufus Cobb]] served as Grand Master of the [[Grand Masonic Lodge of Alabama]].
* [[William Samford]] succeeded [[Jeremiah Williams]] as representative of the [[3rd Congressional District of Alabama]].
* [[Burwell Lewis]] succeeded [[Goldsmith Hewitt]] as representative of the [[6th Congressional District of Alabama]].
* [[William Lowe]] succeeded [[William Garth]] as representative of the [[7th Congressional District of Alabama]].


===Business===
===Business===
* The [[Birmingham Gas Company]] was chartered.
* February: The first coal from the [[Pratt Coal and Coke Company]] was delivered to the [[Linn Iron Works]] by the [[Birmingham & Pratt Mines Railroad]], fueling a boom in the as-yet-unrealized prospects of [[Birmingham]] as an industrial giant.
* The first coking coal from the [[Pratt mines]] was carried by railroad into [[Birmingham]].
* [[June 4]]:  The [[Birmingham Gas Company]] was chartered.
* The [[Birmingham Rolling Mills]] was created.
* [[James Sloss]] resigned from the [[Pratt Coal and Coke Company]].
* [[Joseph Riley Smith]] built a horse racing track at "[[Smith's Park]]".
* [[Joseph Riley Smith]] built a horse racing track at "[[Smith's Park]]".
* [[Richmond and Danville Construction]] was organized by [[John T. Milner]].
* [[Richmond and Danville Construction]] was organized by [[John T. Milner]].
* The medical practice and pharmacy of [[Nabers, Morrow & Sinnige|Nabers & Morrow]] was founded.
* [[August 30]]: [[Peyton King]] sold 442 acres of [[King's Spring]] to [[James Sloss]] for $2,210.
===Education===
* [[September 1]]: The [[Birmingham Female Institute]] opened.
* The [[Samford University|Howard College]] chapter of Sigma Nu was chartered.


==Works==
===Government===
* [[G. H. Pond]] succeeded [[L. M. Teal]] as [[List of Birmingham police chiefs|Birmingham Police Chief]].
* [[William Samford]] succeeded [[Jeremiah Williams]] as representative of the [[3rd Congressional District of Alabama]].
* [[Burwell Lewis]] succeeded [[Goldsmith Hewitt II]] as representative of the [[6th Congressional District of Alabama]].
* [[William Lowe]] succeeded [[William Garth]] as representative of the [[7th Congressional District of Alabama]].
* [[Campbell Wallace]] was appointed to the Georgia Railroad Commission.


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
[[Image:Alburto Martin.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Alburto Martin]]
* [[December 19]]: [[Patrick O'Reilly]] was ordained by the Roman Catholic Church.
* [[Rufus Cobb]] served as Grand Master of the [[Grand Masonic Lodge of Alabama]].
* [[Giuseppe Moretti]] became apprenticed to a Dalmatian sculptor in Zagreb, Croatia.
* [[Thomas Duke Parke]] earned his medical certificate in New York.
* [[Julia Tutwiler]] became co-principal of the [[Livingston Female Academy]].
* [[Samuel Ullman]] lost his re-election bid to the Natchez Board of Health following a yellow fever outbreak.
===Births===
===Births===
* [[May 31]]: [[Bill Foxen]], [[Birmingham Barons]] pitcher
* [[August 18]]: [[William Denham]], architect
* [[October 30]]: [[J. D. Webb]], [[Birmingham]] city engineer
* [[Fred Buettiker]], foundryman
* [[Temple Tutwiler]]
* [[Temple Tutwiler]]
* [[Marvin Wise]], cinema owner
===Graduations===
* [[James Weatherly]] earned his LL.B. at the [[University of Alabama School of Law]].


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
* [[June 8]]: [[Richard Hawes]] eloped with the former [[Emma Hawes|Emma Pettis]] at the home of a minister in Atlanta, Georgia
* [[July 19]]: [[Annie Boddie|Annie Henrietta Perryman]] to [[John Boddie]]
* [[Leonora McAdory|Leonora Richardson]] to [[Chambers McAdory]]
* [[Leonora McAdory|Leonora Richardson]] to [[Chambers McAdory]]
* [[William Jemison]] to the former Eliska Leftwich in her home town of Ocean Springs, Mississippi
* [[Eugene Enslen]] to the former Delia W. Evans, of LaGrange, Georgia
* [[James Powers]] to the former Loula Reynolds of Giles County, Tennessee


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
* September: former Alabama Supreme Court justice [[John D. Phelan]] died while visiting Birmingham.
* September: [[John D. Phelan]], former Alabama Supreme Court justice
* [[November 23]]: [[Alburto Martin]], attorney and legislator, died in Birmingham].
* [[November 22]]: [[Enoch Alldredge]], [[Blount County]] state senator
* [[November 23]]: [[Alburto Martin]], attorney and legislator
* [[Edward McMeans]], preacher
 
==Works==
===Buildings===
* First [[Cullman County Courthouse]]
* [[September 29]]: Builder [[Frank O'Brien]] began work on [[Alice Furnaces]].


==Context==
==Context==
1879 saw the beginning of the Anglo-Zulu War. Frank Woolworth opened his first Woolworth's store. Saccharin was discovered. Thomas Edison demonstrated his first practical electric lightbulb. Notable 1879 births include E. M. Forster, Albert Einstein, Nancy Astor, Ethel Barrymore, Wallace Stevens, Will Rogers, Leon Trotsky, Charles Goddard, and Paul Klee. Deaths in 1879 included those of Honoré Daumier and Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
In 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War was fought. Frank Woolworth opened his first Woolworth's store. Saccharin was discovered. Thomas Edison demonstrated his first practical electric light bulb.
 
Notable books published in 1879 included ''Beau Nash'' by William Harrison Ainsworth and ''The Begum's Fortune'' by Jules Verne. Notable music composed in 1879 included "O Dem Golden Slippers" by James A. Bland and musical ''The Pirates of Penzance'' by Gilbert & Sullivan.
 
Notable births in 1879 included writer E. M. Forster, physicist Albert Einstein, politician Nancy Astor, actress Ethel Barrymore, poet Wallace Stevens, humorist Will Rogers, Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, playwright Charles Goddard, and artist Paul Klee. Notable deaths in 1879 included caricaturist and painter Honoré Daumier, Confederate general John Bell Hood, general Joseph Hooker, and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.


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Latest revision as of 11:52, 26 January 2023

1879 was the eighth year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Education

Government

Individuals

Alburto Martin

Births

Graduations

Marriages

Deaths

Works

Buildings

Context

In 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War was fought. Frank Woolworth opened his first Woolworth's store. Saccharin was discovered. Thomas Edison demonstrated his first practical electric light bulb.

Notable books published in 1879 included Beau Nash by William Harrison Ainsworth and The Begum's Fortune by Jules Verne. Notable music composed in 1879 included "O Dem Golden Slippers" by James A. Bland and musical The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan.

Notable births in 1879 included writer E. M. Forster, physicist Albert Einstein, politician Nancy Astor, actress Ethel Barrymore, poet Wallace Stevens, humorist Will Rogers, Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, playwright Charles Goddard, and artist Paul Klee. Notable deaths in 1879 included caricaturist and painter Honoré Daumier, Confederate general John Bell Hood, general Joseph Hooker, and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.

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