
{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1876 1877 1878 - 1879 - 1880 1881 1882 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ==Events== ===January-March=== * January - The current constitution of The State of California, US was ratified. * January 2 - Fred Spofforth claims the first Hat-trick in test cricket. * January 11 - Anglo-Zulu War begins. * January 22 - Zulu troops massacre United Kingdom troops at the Battle of Isandlwana. At Rorke's Drift, outnumbered British soldiers drive the attackers away after hours of fighting. * February 12 - At New York City's Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens. * February 14 - At Antofagasta, Chile: Chilean troops disembark in this port, then Bolivian. This is the beginning of the War of the Pacific between Chile and the joint forces of Peru and Bolivia. * February 15 - Women's rights: American President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. * February 22 - In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores. * March 3 - The United States Geological Survey is created * March 13 - Marriage of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria, to Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia. * March 14 - Albert Einstein: is born, and he would go on to revolutionise modern Physics. * March 29 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: United Kingdom forces defeat 20,000 Zulus. ===May-December=== * May 26 - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state. * May 30 - New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue. * July 4 - Taughannock Giant unearthed on the shore of Lake Cayuga in Ithaca (later proven to be a hoax). * July 19 - Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots-up Holliday's New Mexico saloon. * August 21 - Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared in Knock to local people. * October 21 - Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric light bulb (it lasted 13 1/2 hours before burning out). * December 28 - The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passed over it, killing 75. * December 30 - The Pirates of Penzance is first performed (Paignton, Devon, England). * December 31 - Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time (Menlo Park, New Jersey). ===unknown dates=== *Hall effect discovered by Dr. Edwin Hall. *Somerville College founded *Stefan-Boltzmann law discovered by Joseph Stefan *Dual Alliance (1879) formed by Germany and Austria-Hungary ==Births== ===January-April=== * January 1 - E. M. Forster, English writer (d. 1970) * January 3 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957) * January 12 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968) * January 13 - Melvin Jones, American founder of the Lions Clubs International (d. 1961) * January 28 - Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (d. 1953) * February 22 - J. N. Brønsted, Danish chemist (d. 1947) * February 26 - Frank Bridge, English composer (d. 1941) * March 1 - Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825) * March 8 - Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) * March 14 - Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955) * March 26 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss-born engineer (d. 1965) * March 30 - Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (d. 1954) * April 20 - Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944) * April 29 - Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961) ===May-December=== * May 6 - Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952) * May 17 - Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (d. 1926) * May 19 - Nancy Astor, British parliamentarian (d. 1964) * May 19 - Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, British businessman and politician (d. 1952) * May 22 - Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born stage and film actress (d. 1945) * May 23 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966) * May 25 - Max Aitken, Canadian-born British statesman and newspaper baron (d. 1964) * May 27 - Karl Bühler, psychologist (d. 1963) * August 13 - John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962) * August 31 - Taisho Emperor, 123rd Emperor of Japan (d. 1926) * September 14 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966) * September 15 - Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939) * September 20 - Victor Sjöström, Swedish film actor and director (d. 1960) * October 2 - Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955) * October 3 - Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d. 1938) * October 21 - Joseph Canteloube, French composer and singer (d. 1957) * October 29 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (d. 1940) * November 10 - Patrick Pearse Irish patriot (d. 1916) * November 26 - Charles W. Goddard, playwright and screenwriter (d. 1951) * December 3 - Nagai Kafu, Japanese writer (d. 1959) * December 18 - Paul Klee, Swiss artist (d. 1940) * December 21 - Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader (d. 1953) * December 28 - Billy Mitchell, U.S. general and military aviation pioneer (d. 1936) ==Deaths== * February 11 - Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808) * February 11 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author * February 25 - Charles Peace, British criminal (executed) (b. 1832) * March 30 - Thomas Couture, French painter and teacher (b. 1815) *April 30 - Sarah Josepha Hale, American author (b. 1788) * June 1 - Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial, son of French Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856) * August 30 - John Bell Hood, America Confederate general (b. 1831) * November 5 - James Clark Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831) 1879 bs:1879 la:1879 os:1879 sq:1879 scn:1879 simple:1879
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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1876 1877 1878 - 1879 - 1880 1881 1882 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century
|} 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ==Events== ===January-March=== * January - The current constitution of The State of California, US was ratified. * January 2 - Fred Spofforth claims the first Hat-trick in test cricket. * January 11 - Anglo-Zulu War begins. * January 22 - Zulu troops massacre United Kingdom troops at the Battle of Isandlwana. At Rorke's Drift, outnumbered British soldiers drive the attackers away after hours of fighting. * February 12 - At New York City's Madison Square Garden the first artificial ice rink in North America opens. * February 14 - At Antofagasta, Chile: Chilean troops disembark in this port, then Bolivian. This is the beginning of the War of the Pacific between Chile and the joint forces of Peru and Bolivia. * February 15 - Women's rights: American President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female lawyers to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. * February 22 - In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of 5 and 10-cent Woolworth stores. * March 3 - The United States Geological Survey is created * March 13 - Marriage of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria, to Princess Louise Marguerite of Prussia. * March 14 - Albert Einstein: is born, and he would go on to revolutionise modern Physics. * March 29 - Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: United Kingdom forces defeat 20,000 Zulus. ===May-December=== * May 26 - Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state. * May 30 - New York City's Gilmores Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue. * July 4 - Taughannock Giant unearthed on the shore of Lake Cayuga in Ithaca (later proven to be a hoax). * July 19 - Doc Holliday kills for the first time after a man shoots-up Holliday's New Mexico saloon. * August 21 - Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared in Knock to local people. * October 21 - Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric light bulb (it lasted 13 1/2 hours before burning out). * December 28 - The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland collapses as a train passed over it, killing 75. * December 30 - The Pirates of Penzance is first performed (Paignton, Devon, England). * December 31 - Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time (Menlo Park, New Jersey). ===unknown dates=== *Hall effect discovered by Dr. Edwin Hall. *Somerville College founded *Stefan-Boltzmann law discovered by Joseph Stefan *Dual Alliance (1879) formed by Germany and Austria-Hungary ==Births== ===January-April=== * January 1 - E. M. Forster, English writer (d. 1970) * January 3 - Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (d. 1957) * January 12 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968) * January 13 - Melvin Jones, American founder of the Lions Clubs International (d. 1961) * January 28 - Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (d. 1953) * February 22 - J. N. Brønsted, Danish chemist (d. 1947) * February 26 - Frank Bridge, English composer (d. 1941) * March 1 - Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825) * March 8 - Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) * March 14 - Albert Einstein, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955) * March 26 - Othmar Ammann, Swiss-born engineer (d. 1965) * March 30 - Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (d. 1954) * April 20 - Paul Poiret, French couturier (d. 1944) * April 29 - Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961) ===May-December=== * May 6 - Bedrich Hrozny, Czech orientalist and linguist (d. 1952) * May 17 - Simon Petlyura, Ukrainian independence fighter (d. 1926) * May 19 - Nancy Astor, British parliamentarian (d. 1964) * May 19 - Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor, British businessman and politician (d. 1952) * May 22 - Alla Nazimova, Ukrainian-born stage and film actress (d. 1945) * May 23 - Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman (d. 1966) * May 25 - Max Aitken, Canadian-born British statesman and newspaper baron (d. 1964) * May 27 - Karl Bühler, psychologist (d. 1963) * August 13 - John Ireland, English composer (d. 1962) * August 31 - Taisho Emperor, 123rd Emperor of Japan (d. 1926) * September 14 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966) * September 15 - Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939) * September 20 - Victor Sjöström, Swedish film actor and director (d. 1960) * October 2 - Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955) * October 3 - Warner Oland, Swedish-born actor (d. 1938) * October 21 - Joseph Canteloube, French composer and singer (d. 1957) * October 29 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary (d. 1940) * November 10 - Patrick Pearse Irish patriot (d. 1916) * November 26 - Charles W. Goddard, playwright and screenwriter (d. 1951) * December 3 - Nagai Kafu, Japanese writer (d. 1959) * December 18 - Paul Klee, Swiss artist (d. 1940) * December 21 - Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader (d. 1953) * December 28 - Billy Mitchell, U.S. general and military aviation pioneer (d. 1936) ==Deaths== * February 11 - Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808) * February 11 - Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author * February 25 - Charles Peace, British criminal (executed) (b. 1832) * March 30 - Thomas Couture, French painter and teacher (b. 1815) *April 30 - Sarah Josepha Hale, American author (b. 1788) * June 1 - Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial, son of French Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856) * August 30 - John Bell Hood, America Confederate general (b. 1831) * November 5 - James Clark Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831) 1879 bs:1879 la:1879 os:1879 sq:1879 scn:1879 simple:1879
1879
The year in topic layout on this page is one of three versions. I seek opinions before making them all the same; see comment on my talk page 1879 is NOT currently conforming to proposed general model. The year in topic paragraph should be replaced by a see also box as in 1886 --User:BozMo 13:53, 5 May 2004 (UTC)User Talk:BozMo
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