1879

Year 1879 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The is valued the same as  for the first time since the Civil War.
 * January - The current constitution of The State of, US was ratified.
 * - claims the first  in.
 * - begins.
 * - troops massacre  troops at the . At, outnumbered British soldiers drive the attackers away after hours of fighting.
 * - At 's the first artificial  in  opens.
 * - At, : Chilean troops disembark in this port, then Bolivian. This is the beginning of the between Chile and the joint forces of  and.
 * - : American  signs a bill allowing female s to argue cases before the.
 * - In, opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores.
 * - The discovery of is announced.
 * - The is created
 * - : A force over one-hundred strong is.
 * - Marriage of, third son of , to.
 * - : German-born physicist who would go on to revolutionize modern Physics.
 * - : forces suffer a defeat at the.
 * - : : forces defeat 20,000 s.

April - June

 * The is formed in the Netherlands by .  It is the first political party formed advocating ; in opposition to the secularism of Dutch society, which was following a course in the militant secularism of the.
 * forces successfully lift the two-month.
 * - becomes the official capital of the.
 * -  Oran M. Roberts authorized the establishment of Sam Houston Normal Institute (today known as ).
 * - Swedish explorer arrives in  with the, concluding the world's first  of.
 * -  and the  sign the  establishing an.
 * - 's Gilmores Garden is renamed  by  and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
 * -, an  in the , is tried and convicted for using  practices
 * -, an  in the , is tried and convicted for using  practices

July - September

 * - : The effectively ends at the.
 * -  kills for the first time after a man shoots-up Holliday's  saloon.
 * -, along with and  appeared in  to local people.

October - December

 * - formed by  and
 * - Using a filament of ized thread, tests the first practical electric  (it lasted 13½ hours before burning out).
 * - Occult Date of the overcoming the Dragon"
 * - The central part of the in  collapses as a train passed over it, killing 75.
 * - is first performed.
 * - demonstrates  to the public for the first time.

Undated

 * , a historically black school, is founded.
 * discovered by Dr..
 * , is founded.
 * discovered by.
 * begins to build his Palais Idéal in France.
 * The (AIA) was formed.
 * was founded

January - June

 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Hearts and Scotland Footballer, Record Cap Holder for 25 years(d. )
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * -, American founder of Lions Clubs International (d. )
 * -, French painter and poet (d. )
 * -, Danish chemist (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, German-born physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Swiss-born engineer (d. )
 * -, Luxembourgeois-born painter/photographer (d. )
 * -, Dutch speed skater (d. )
 * -, Romanian writer (d. )
 * -, French couturier (d. )
 * -, British physicist, laureate (d. )
 * - Sir, English conductor (d. )
 * -, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian independence fighter (d. )
 * , American-born politician (d. )
 * , British businessman and politician (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian-born stage and film actress (d. )
 * -, Hungarian sportsman (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born statesman and newspaper publisher (d. )
 * -, American biologist (d. )
 * -, Prime minister of Finland (d. )
 * -, Prime minister of Finland (d. )

July - December

 * -, French labor leader, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Polish harpsichordist (d. )
 * -, Polish-Jewish children's author, pediatrician, and child pedagogist (possibly born in ) (d. )
 * -, Mexican revolutionary (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, stage & film actress (d. )
 * -, British aviation pioneer, (d. )
 * -, 123rd (d. )
 * -, assassin of the Japanese politician (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American birth control advocate (d. )
 * -, the (d. )
 * -, Swedish film actor and director (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, Swedish-born actor (d. )
 * -, American pathologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, French composer and singer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American humorist (d. )
 * -, Russian revolutionary (d. )
 * , American poet (d. )
 * , Irish patriot (d. )
 * -, stage & film actress (aunt PittyPat), (d. )
 * -, playwright and screenwriter (d. )
 * -, Japanese writer (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, Swiss artist (d. )
 * -, U.S. general and military aviation pioneer (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , Northern Irish poet and lyricist (d. )
 * , Northern Irish essayist and writer (d. )
 * , ice hockey superstar (d. 1916, )
 * , ice hockey superstar (d. 1916, )


 * See also .

January - June

 * - (b. )
 * -, French caricaturist and painter (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, British criminal (executed) (b. )
 * -, Swiss politician (b. )
 * -, pencil manufacturer (b. )
 * -, French painter and teacher (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, son of French Emperor (b. )

July - December

 * -, engineer
 * -, Ohio abolitionist (b.)
 * -, America Confederate general (b. )
 * -, politician (b. )
 * -, Scottish physicist (b. )


 * See also .