1879

1879

1879

Calendar year


1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1879th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 879th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1879, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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October 22 – Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests his first practical electric light bulb

Date unknown

Births

JanuaryMarch

Grace Coolidge
Otto Hahn
Albert Einstein

AprilJune

Ahmad Nami
Kartini
Richárd Weisz
Georgia Ann Robinson

JulySeptember

Emperor Taishō
Joseph Wirth
Joseph Lyons
Emiliano Zapata

OctoberDecember

Max von Laue
Leon Trotsky
Paul Klee
Prudencia Grifell

Date unknown

  • Abdallah Beyhum, 10th prime minister of Lebanon (d. 1962)
  • Ali Muhammad Shibli, Bengali revolutionary (d. unknown)[20]

Deaths

JanuaryJune

Heinrich Geissler
Saint Bernadette Soubirous
Sarah Hale

JulyDecember

Miguel Grau
James Clerk Maxwell
Louisa McCord

Date unknown


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Further reading and year books

  • Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year 1879 online

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