Events in 1879

[cuteasaurus]

Perhaps this is because I'm bored...but I thought it might be interesting (esp. for those of us who are less familiar with this time-period) to post any interesting "world-events" happening in 1879. I'm not really talking about the "weird" stuff relevant to the game so much as the world at-large. This might be especially useful since some characters aren't from the US.

For example, since my character is British, it might be useful to know that in Jan. the Anglo-Zulu war began.

[The_Universe]

The War of the Pacific, between Chile, Peru, and Bolivia begins on February 14th.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Pacific

Rutherford B. Hayes was in the last year of his "false" presidency. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes

James A. Garfield successfully campaigns against Winfield S. Hancock for the next US Presidency.

In late march, Russia and the UK create Afghanistan by treaty. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_state

In October, the first electric light bulb is tested by Thomas Alva Edison.

[cuteasaurus]

Queen Victoria's son Prince Arthur William Patrick was born in 1850. In 1879 he married Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia.

[AIM-54]

Russia attacks the Tekke tribes of the Turkmen people as part of its continuing Central Asian campaign. Both the Uzbeks and Turkmen have yet to be pacified.

[Laurel]

Info 1800's: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001237.html

Three pop-ups and general info, but highlights of some world issues.

[AIM-54]

Iosef Vissarianovich Dzhugashvili is born in Gori, Georgia on December 9.




















For the historically impaired, Dzhugashvili later takes the name 'Stalin'

[The_Universe]

Originally Posted by AIM-54

Iosef Vissarianovich Dzhugashvili is born in Gori, Georgia on December 9.




















For the historically impaired, Dzhugashvili later takes the name 'Stalin'

oooh...that's a good one. I think Nostradamus predicted that, too...just like he predicted everything else, as long as one doesn't pay a lot of attention to the actual text of his quatrains, and instead just overlays their own meanings on the words.

[AIM-54]

Originally Posted by The_Universe

oooh...that's a good one. I think Nostradamus predicted that, too...just like he predicted everything else, as long as one doesn't pay a lot of attention to the actual text of his quatrains, and instead just overlays their own meanings on the words.

You only think that because you aren't an open-minded person who is willing to consider the lessons to be learned from nontraditional perspectives.

[The_Universe]

Right. Obviously, any who'd scoff at the predictive power of Nostradamus must either be 1) part of the establishment or 2) brainwashed by someone/thing that is part of the establishment.