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===March===
===March===
* [[March 3]] – [[United States Geological Survey]] is founded.
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[United States Geological Survey]] is founded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The United States Geological Survey: 1879 - 1989 |url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1050/pdf/CIRC1050.pdf}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] &ndash; The [[Ryukyu Domain]] is incorporated into the [[Okinawa Prefecture]] of [[Japan]] and the last ruler, [[Shō Tai]], exiled to Tokyo.
* [[March 11]] &ndash; The [[Ryukyu Domain]] is incorporated into the [[Okinawa Prefecture]] of [[Japan]] and the last ruler, [[Shō Tai]], exiled to Tokyo.
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Dvořák]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 5]] in F major, Op. 76, B. 54, is premiered (four years after being written) in [[Prague]] with [[Adolf Čech]] conducting.
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Dvořák]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 5]] in F major, Op. 76, B. 54, is premiered (four years after being written) in [[Prague]] with [[Adolf Čech]] conducting.
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=== July&ndash;December ===
=== July&ndash;December ===
[[File:Miguel María Grau Seminario.jpg|thumbnail|110px|[[Miguel Grau Seminario|Miguel Grau]]]]
[[File:Miguel María Grau Seminario.jpg|thumbnail|110px|[[Miguel Grau Seminario|Miguel Grau]]]]
[[File:James Clerk Maxwell.png|thumb|110px|right|[[James Clerk Maxwell]]]]
[[File:James Clerk Maxwell big.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[James Clerk Maxwell]]]]
[[File:Louisa S. McCord.png|thumb|right|110px|[[Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord|Louisa McCord]]]]
[[File:Louisa S. McCord.png|thumb|right|110px|[[Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord|Louisa McCord]]]]
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Béla Wenckheim]], 8th prime minister of Hungary (b. [[1811]])
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Béla Wenckheim]], 8th prime minister of Hungary (b. [[1811]])

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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

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

November

December

Date unknown

Births

January–March

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Grace Coolidge
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Otto Hahn
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Albert Einstein

April–June

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Ahmad Nami
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Kartini
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Richárd Weisz
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Georgia Ann Robinson

July–September

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Emperor Taishō
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Joseph Wirth
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Joseph Lyons
File:Emiliano Zapata.tiff
Emiliano Zapata

October–December

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Max von Laue
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Leon Trotsky
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Paul Klee
File:Prudencia Grifell c. 1904 (cropped).jpg
Prudencia Grifell

Date unknown

  • Abdallah Beyhum, 10th prime minister of Lebanon (d. 1962)
  • Ali Muhammad Shibli, Bengali revolutionary (d. unknown)[21]

Deaths

January–June

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Heinrich Geissler
File:Bernadette Soubirous.jpg
Saint Bernadette Soubirous
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Sarah Hale

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July–December

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Miguel Grau
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James Clerk Maxwell
File:Louisa S. McCord.png
Louisa McCord

Date unknown

References

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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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