1879
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s – 1870s – 1880s 1890s 1900s |
| Years: | 1876 1877 1878 – 1879 – 1880 1881 1882 |
Events
- Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.
- Rutherford B. Hayes State of the Union Address.
Births
- March 14 – Albert Einstein, German scientist (died 1955)
- August 8 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary
- August 15 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (died 1959)
- November 7 – Leon Trotsky, Ukrainian revolutionary and Marxist (died 1940)
- December 22 – Sydney Greenstreet, British actor (died 1958)
- Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer
- Simon Rodia, creator of the Watts Towers
Deaths
- January 26 - Julia Margaret Cameron, British Indian photographer (b. 1815)
- February 11 – Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist and painter (b. 1808)
- February 23 – Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803)
- February 25 – Charles Peace, British criminal (executed) (b. 1832)
- March 1 – Joachim Heer, Swiss politician (b. 1825)
- March 30 – Thomas Couture, French painter and teacher (b. 1815)
- April 30 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American writer (b. 1788)
- June 1 – Napoleon Eugene, Prince Imperial, son of French Emperor Napoleon III (b. 1856)
- June 27 - Sir John Lawrence, British Indian administrator (b. 1811)
- August 30 – John Bell Hood, America Confederate general (b. 1831)
- November 5 – James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist (b. 1831)
- August 11 – George Willison Adams, Ohio abolitionist (b.1799)