WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1879
Find out what all happened June to September 1879

The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears at Knock Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland. (21. August 1879)

Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British. (28. August 1879)

Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower. (1. July 1879)

The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time. (19. September 1879)

Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole. (8. July 1879)

Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War. (1. June 1879)

Anglo-Zulu War: the Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee. (4. July 1879)

The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria is founded. (12. July 1879)

The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester, England. (7. August 1879)