What happened in 1879?

Practical incandescent light bulb

Major Events · Menlo Park, USA

Thomas Edison demonstrates a long-lasting incandescent light bulb, paving the way for electric lighting.

War of the Pacific

Wars & Conflicts · Peru

War between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance

Anglo-Zulu War

Wars & Conflicts

War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom fought in the Zulu lands in South Africa in 1879

Battle of Rorke's Drift

Wars & Conflicts

Battle in the Anglo-Zulu War, specifically the defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift

Battle of Isandlwana

Wars & Conflicts

1879 first major encounter in the Anglo–Zulu War

Battle of Ulundi

Wars & Conflicts · Ulundi

1879 last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War

Battle of Kambula

Wars & Conflicts · Kambula

1879 Zulu army attack on the British camp at Kambula during the Anglo-Zulu War

Battle of Intombe

Wars & Conflicts · Zulu Kingdom

1879 small action of the Anglo-Zulu War

Battle of Geok Tepe

Wars & Conflicts · Turkmenistan

1879 battle between the Russian Empire and Turkmens

Battle of Hlobane

Wars & Conflicts · Hlobane

1879 battle of the Anglo-Zulu War

Battle of Gingindlovu

Wars & Conflicts

1879 battle of the Anglo-Zulu War fought on the South bank of the Inyezane River

Battle of Topeter

Wars & Conflicts

1879 battle of the War of the Pacific

Battle of Pisagua

Wars & Conflicts · Pisagua

1879 battle

Victorio's War

Wars & Conflicts · Northern Mexico

Armed conflict between indigenous peoples and white people in northern Mexico and southern USA between 1879-1881

Battle of Charasiab

Wars & Conflicts · Char Asiab

1879 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War

Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment

Wars & Conflicts · Kabul

1879 siege

Battle of Novšiće

Wars & Conflicts · Montenegro

1879 battle

Siege of Eshowe

Wars & Conflicts · Eshowe

1879 siege during the Anglo-Zulu War

Siege of the British Residency in Kabul

Wars & Conflicts · Kabul

1879 battle of the Second Anglo-Afghan War

South African Wars

Wars & Conflicts · South Africa

Series of colonial wars fought across what is nowadays South Africa from 1879 to 1915

Battle of San Francisco

Wars & Conflicts · South America

1879 battle

Velika attacks

Wars & Conflicts · Velika

1879 battle of the Battles for Plav and Gusinje

Battle of Inyezane

Wars & Conflicts

1879 battle

Battle of Pampa Germania

Wars & Conflicts

1879 cavalry battle of the War of the Pacific

Sheepeater Indian War

Wars & Conflicts · Idaho

1879 conflict in Idaho, US

Blockade of Iquique

Wars & Conflicts · Iquique

Battle of Milk Creek

Wars & Conflicts · Colorado

1879 battle

Battle of Río Grande

Wars & Conflicts · San Pedro de Atacama

Minor military engagement that took place on 10 September 1879, during the War of the Pacific

Battle of Tambillo

Wars & Conflicts · San Pedro de Atacama

Battle of Quillagua

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of Iquique

Wars & Conflicts

1879 naval battle between Chile and Peru

Battle of Angamos

Wars & Conflicts

1879 naval encounter of the War of the Pacific

Jementah Civil War

Wars & Conflicts · Muar

1879 conflict in Muar, Malaysia

Tarapacá campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Tarapacá

1879 military campaign

Chilean occupation of Antofagasta

Wars & Conflicts · Antofagasta

1879 military occupation during the War of the Pacific

Treaty of Gandamak

Politics & Government

Treaty that officially ended the first phase of the Second Anglo-Afghan War

Treaty of Livadia

Politics & Government · Livadiya

1879 treaty between the Russian Empire and the Qing dynasty

Peace of Constantinople (1879)

Politics & Government · Constantinople

1879 treaty superseding the Treaty of San Stefano

Michel Chevalier died

People · Limoges

French statesman (1806–1879)

James Clerk Maxwell died

People · Cambridge

Scottish physicist (1831–1879)

Malbim died

People · Kyiv

Polish rabbi (1809-1879)

Begum Hazrat Mahal died

People · Kathmandu

Empress of Awadh

Pierre Magne died

People · Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne

French politician (1806–1879)

Adolf Anderssen died

People · Wrocław

German chess champion, after Paul Morphy (1858-1860), second unofficial world chess champion (1851-1858, 1860-1865, 1867-1871), chess publicist

William Kingdon Clifford died

People · Madeira Island

English mathematician and philosopher

Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville died

People · Paris

French printer (1817–1879)

Heinrich Geißler died

People · Bonn

Physicist (1814–1879)

Rowland Hill died

People · Hampstead

English educational, social and postal reformer (1795-1879)

Léonie d'Aunet died

People · 1st arrondissement of Paris

French writer, playwright and explorer (1820–1879)

Emile Gsell died

People · Ho Chi Minh City

French photographer (1838–1879)

Alexander Keith Johnston died

People · Rufiji River

Died in Rufiji River. Scottish explorer and geographer (1844-1879).

George Chaworth Musters died

People · London

British naval officer and traveller (1841-1879)

Charles Jacquinot died

People · Toulon

French Naval officer

Giovanni Casaretto died

People · Chiavari

Italian botanist and explorer (1810-1879)

Józef Mianowski died

People · Senigallia

Polish medical researcher, rector of the University of Warsaw (1804–1879)

Elihu Burritt died

People · New Britain

American pacifist, philanthropist, pamphlet writer (1810-1879)

Zoe Golescu died

People · Bucharest

Romanian activist

Ann Carroll Fitzhugh died

People · Peterboro

American abolitionist (1805–1875)

Heinrich Wilhelm Dove died

People · Berlin

German scientist (1803–1879)

Karl Friedrich Mohr died

People · Bonn

German chemist (1806-1879)

Johann von Lamont died

People · Bogenhausen

Scottish-German astronomer (1805–1879)

William Fothergill Cooke died

People · Farnham

English inventor (1806-1879)

William Froude died

People · Simon's Town

British engineer and naval architect (1810–1879)

Thomas Maclear died

People · Cape Town

South African astronomer (1794–1879)

Pascal Coste died

People · Marseille

French architect (1787-1879)

August Krönig died

People · Berlin

German scientist (1822–1879)

Claude-Étienne Minié died

People · Paris

French Army officer (1804–1879)

Louis Favre died

People · Göschenen

Swiss engineer (1826-1879)

Anthony Durnford died

People · Isandlwana

British Army officer (1830–1879)

Karl Karmarsch died

People · Hanover

German chemist, educator, and technologist (1803–1879)

Hércules Florence died

People · Campinas

French artist, photographer and inventor (1804-1879)

Benjamin Franklin Mudge died

People · Manhattan

American geologist, paleontologist, teacher, lawyer, chemist (1817-1879)

Asa Fitch died

People · Salem

American entomologist (1809–1879)

Richard Laming died

People · Arundel

British chemist (1798-1879)

Lovrenc Košir died

People · Vienna

Austrian civil servant (1804–1879)

Mutius von Tommasini died

People · Trieste

Austrian botanist (1794-1879)

Giovanni Cavalli died

People · Turin

Italian general, inventor and politician (1808-1879)

Carl-Friedrich Zimpel died

People · Pozzuoli

German esotericist (1801-1879)

Philip Kelland died

People · Bridge of Allan

British mathematician (1808–1879)

François Proth died

People · Vaux-devant-Damloup

French mathematician (1852–1879)

Franz Leopold Sonnenschein died

People · Berlin

German chemist (1817–1879)

John Allan Broun died

People · Dumfries

John Allan Broun FRS (21 September 1817 – 22 November 1879) was a Scottish magnetician and meteorologist

Gustav Schleicher died

People · Washington, D.C.

German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas (1823-1879)

Erastus Brigham Bigelow died

People · Boston

American businessman

Alphonse Chevallier died

People · Langres

French pharmacist (1793-1879)

Carl Fritsch died

People · Salzburg

Austrian scientist, meteorologist and biologist (1812-1879)

Alfred Wingate Craven died

People · Chiswick

American civil engineer (1810-1879)

Charles Spackmann Barker died

People · Maidstone

British organbuilder and inventor of the Barker pneumatic lever (1807–1879)

Joseph Dart died

People · East Hampton

American jurist, businessperson and inventor (1799-1879)

Ștefan Micle died

People · Iași

Romanian physicist

Josiah Scott died

People · Bucyrus

Ohio Jurist and Legislator

Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor died

People · Albion

Anti-Slavery Baptist minister

Gaspare Mainardi died

People · Lecco

Italian mathematician (1800-1879)

Henry How died

People · Windsor

Canadian chemist (1828–1879)

Bennet Woodcroft died

People · South Kensington

English textile manufacturer (1803-1879)

Uriah A. Boyden died

People · Foxborough

American engineer (1804–1879)

Francis Cadell died

People · Kai Islands

Explorationist

Robert Barkley Shaw died

People · Mandalay

Died in Mandalay. English explorer (1839–1879).

King Woolsey died

People · Alabama

American politician

William H. Winter died

People · California

Explorer of the American west; author

William Reynolds died

People · Washington, D.C.

Rear admiral in the United States Navy

Elisavet Contaxaki died

People · Chania

Cretan author and activist (c. 1818 - 1879)

Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz died

People · Monaco

Princess Consort of Monaco (1793-1879)

Teodoro Cottrau died

People · Naples

Italian composer, poet and writer (1827–1879)

Prince Paul of Thurn and Taxis died

People · Cannes

German prince (1843–1879)

Ernst Richter died

People · Leipzig

German musical theorist (1808–1879)

Friedrich August Kummer died

People · Dresden

German musician (1797–1879)

Auguste Barbereau died

People · rue Dauphine

Composer and pedagog (1799–1879)

John Baldwin Buckstone died

People · London

English actor and playwright (1802-1879)

Kristian Mantzius died

People · Copenhagen

Actor (1819-1879)

Karl Beck died

People · Vienna

Operatic tenor

Pyotr Karatygin died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian actor (1805-1879)

Signe Giebelhausen died

People · Denmark

Danish-Norwegian actress

Charles Peace died

People · Darnall

English burglar and murderer

Walter Hamilton died

People · Kabul

Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1856–1879)

Nils Wichstrøm died

People · Bergen

Norwegian actor

John Lazar died

People · Hokitika

Mayor of Adelaide (1855-58)

Antonio Cortesi died

People · Florence

Italian ballet dancer

Carl Wilhelm Westerlund died

People · Oulu

Finnish stage actor and theatre director

Edmund Falconer died

People · Russell Square

Irish actor and writer

Clara Rousby died

People · Wiesbaden

English actress

Samuel Maju Samehtini died

People · Amsterdam

Dutch musician and composer

George, Count Joannes died

People · New York City

Stage actor (1810-1879)

Kate Raymond died

People · Delaware County

Actor (1840-1879)

Stempenyu died

People · Berdychiv

Klezmer violinist

Albert Einstein born

People · Ulm

Born in Ulm. German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955).

Leon Trotsky born

People · Bereslavka

Born in Bereslavka. Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940).

E. M. Forster born

People · London

Born in London. English novelist (1879-1970).

Franz von Papen born

People · Werl

Born in Werl. German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969).

Ramana Maharshi born

People · Tiruchuli Assembly constituency

Born in Tiruchuli Assembly constituency. Indian spiritual teacher (1879–1950).

Emperor Taishō born

People · Akasaka Estate

Born in Akasaka Estate. Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926.

Sarojini Naidu born

People · Hyderabad

Born in Hyderabad. Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from1947 to 1949.

Symon Petliura born

People · Poltava

Born in Poltava. Ukrainian military leader (1879–1926).

Margaret Sanger born

People · Corning

Born in Corning. American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966).

Will Rogers born

People · Oologah

Born in Oologah. American humorist and entertainer (1879–1935).

Wallace Stevens born

People · Reading

Born in Reading. American poet (1879–1955).

Hans Luther born

People · Berlin

Born in Berlin. German chancellor (1879-1962).

Joseph Wirth born

People · Freiburg im Breisgau

Born in Freiburg im Breisgau. German chancellor (1879-1956).

Léon Jouhaux born

People · 15th arrondissement of Paris

Born in 15th arrondissement of Paris. French trade unionist (1879–1954).

Patrick Pearse born

People · Dublin

Born in Dublin. Irish revolutionary, shot by the British Army in 1916.

Huda Sha'rawi born

People · Minya

Born in Minya. Egyptian feminist and nationalist (1879–1947).

Chen Duxiu born

People · Huaining County

Born in Huaining County. Chinese politician and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party (1879–1942).

Alfred Korzybski born

People · Warsaw

Born in Warsaw. Polish-American scholar and philosopher (1879–1950).

Henri Giraud born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French general and politician (1879-1949).

Friedrich Adler born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Austrian politician (1879-1960).

Bedřich Hrozný born

People · Lysá nad Labem

Born in Lysá nad Labem. Czech archeologist, linguist and orientalist (1879-1952).

Agnes Arber born

People · Primrose Hill

Born in Primrose Hill. British botanist (1879-1960).

Karl Bühler born

People · Meckesheim

Born in Meckesheim. German psychologist (1879–1963).

Joe Hill born

People · Gävle Parish

Born in Gävle Parish. Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World.

Aleksandar Stamboliyski born

People · Slavovitsa

Born in Slavovitsa. Bulgarian prime minister (14 October 1919 – 9 June 1923).

Hans Hahn born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Austrian mathematician (1879–1934).

Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook born

People · Maple

Born in Maple. Anglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer (1879-1964).

Eli Heckscher born

People · Stockholm

Born in Stockholm. Swedish historian and economist (1879–1952).

Italo Gariboldi born

People · Lodi

Born in Lodi. Italian general (1879-1970).

Bernhard Kellermann born

People · Fürth

Born in Fürth. German author (1879-1951).

Shunroku Hata born

People · Mita

Born in Mita. Japanese general (1879–1962).

Georgios Kondylis born

People · Prousos

Born in Prousos. Greek politician and general (1879-1936).

Thành Thái born

People · Huế

Born in Huế. Vietnamese emperor from 1889 to 1907.

Henri Wallon born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French psychologist, philosopher, pedagogist, and politician (1879–1962).

Hisaichi Terauchi born

People · Yamaguchi Prefecture

Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Japanese general (1879-1946).

Adolf Strauss born

People · Schermcke

Born in Schermcke. German Wehrmacht general (1879–1973).

Vittorio Ambrosio born

People · Turin

Born in Turin. Italian army officer (1879-1958).

José Giral born

People · Santiago de Cuba

Born in Santiago de Cuba. Spanish politician (1879-1962).

Billy Mitchell born

People · Nice

Born in Nice. United States Army general during World War I (1879–1936).

Helena Roerich born

People · Saint Petersburg

Born in Saint Petersburg. Russian spiritual philosopher, occult writer, theosophist (1879—1955).

Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia born

People · Tsarskoye Selo

Born in Tsarskoye Selo. Russian grand duke (1879-1956).

Petar Živković born

People · Negotin

Born in Negotin. Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1879-1947).

Shinobu Ishihara born

People · Tokyo Prefecture

Born in Tokyo Prefecture. Japanese ophthalmologist (1879–1963).

Cyril Scott born

People · Oxton

Born in Oxton. English composer, writer, and poet (1879–1970).

Jacques Bainville born

People · Vincennes

Born in Vincennes. French journalist, historian and academician (1879–1936).

Osman Nuri-Asan oğlu Aqçoqraqlı born

People · Bakhchysarai

Born in Bakhchysarai. Crimean Tatar writer, journalist, historian, archaeologist, ethnographer, and teacher.

Volodymyr Ivanovych Barvinok born

People · Okhramiievychi

Born in Okhramiievychi. Ukrainian academic.

José Millán Astray y Terreros born

People · A Coruña

Born in A Coruña. General Spanish, fascist, hero of the war in the Philippines and founder of the Spanish legion (1879-1954).

Alexander Dutov born

People · Kazaly

Born in Kazaly. Russian general (1864-1921).

Walery Sławek born

People · Strutynka

Born in Strutynka. Prime Minister of Poland (1879-1939).

Isaac Gruenbaum born

People · Warsaw

Born in Warsaw. Israeli politician (1879–1970).

Milan Šufflay born

People · Lepoglava

Born in Lepoglava. Croatian historian, albanologist, and politician (1879-1931).

Ralph Vary Chamberlin born

People · Salt Lake City

Born in Salt Lake City. American biologist (1879–1967).

Khalifa bin Harub Al Busaidi born

People · Muscat

Born in Muscat. Sultan of Zanzibar (1879-1960).

Royal Holloway, University of London

Science & Technology

University in Surrey, UK

Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Science & Technology · Iași

University in Iași, Romania

Sam Houston State University

Science & Technology

Public university in Huntsville, Texas

St. John's University

Science & Technology

Defunct Anglican university in Shanghai (1879–1952)

Museum of Applied Arts and Science

Science & Technology

Collection of 4 science museums in Sydney, Australia

Aleksandrovska University Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Bulgaria

Sabbatsberg Hospital

Science & Technology

Former hospital in Stockholm, Sweden

Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital

Science & Technology

Public hospital in Tokyo, Japan

St. John's University

Science & Technology

University in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Georgia Military College

Science & Technology

Public university in Georgia, USA

Sunbury Asylum

Science & Technology · Sunbury

Former hospital in Australia

Osaka University Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Japan

Botanical Garden of Tver State University

Science & Technology

Kwassui College

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Sendai University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Maharajah's College

Science & Technology

Indian academic institution in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh

Samuel H. Shapiro Developmental Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in Illinois, United States

Glasgow Dental Hospital and School

Science & Technology · Glasgow

Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

villa Piercy

Science & Technology

Villa and botanical garden in Bolotana, Italy

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Science & Technology

American medical university

LIBF

Science & Technology

Professional Body and Business School

Cyrus cylinder

Exploration & Discovery · British Museum

Ancient cylinder covered with Akkadian cuneiform script

Eisriesenwelt

Exploration & Discovery

Cave

Sorginetxe

Exploration & Discovery · Arrizala

Dolmen in Salvatierra and Agurain, Spain

Bæltepladen fra Langstrup

Exploration & Discovery · National Museum of Denmark

Pamplin Pipe Factory

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site in Virginia, United States

Barren Fork Coal Camp and Mine Archeological District

Exploration & Discovery

historic district in Kentucky, United States

Baiturrahman Grand Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Aceh

Mosque in Indonesia

Sri Maha Mariamman Temple, Bangkok

Religion & Belief Systems

Amman Temple in Bangkok, Thailand

Assumption Cathedral, Chania

Religion & Belief Systems · Chania

Church building in Chania, Crete Region, Greece

Sepahsalar Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Tehran, Iranian national heritage site

New West End Synagogue, London

Religion & Belief Systems

Grade I listed synagogue in London, United Kingdom

Saint Sophia Cathedral, London

Religion & Belief Systems

Greek Orthodox cathedral in London

Synagogue de Reims

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue located in Marne, in France

St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic church building in Chongqing

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Rostov Oblast, Russia

Synagogue in Wysokie Mazowieckie

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue of Zweibrücken

Religion & Belief Systems

Tzemach Tzedek synagogue, Jerusalem

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Temple, Yelets Lozovka

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple, architectural landmark in Russua

Nostra Signora del Carmine

Religion & Belief Systems · Costa d'Oneglia

Shrine in Imperia, Italy

Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Thurles, Ireland

Peel Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Anglican cathedral in Peel, Isle of Man

Kawaramachi Roman Catholic Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

Cathedral of Saint Patrick

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Connecticut, United States

St. Catherine Church, Krasnodonetskaya

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Russia, Russia

Christ Church, Zanzibar

Religion & Belief Systems

Anglican cathedral in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Jewish cemetery in Telč

Religion & Belief Systems

Jewish Cemetery, Marsa

Religion & Belief Systems

Jewish cemetery in the town of Marsa, Malta

Church of the Exaltation of the Cross

Religion & Belief Systems

Orthodox chapel in Izhevsk, Russia

Village church Butzow

Religion & Belief Systems · Butzow

Church building in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Brandenburg state, Germany

Village church Höfgen

Religion & Belief Systems · Höfgen (Niederer Fläming)

Church building in Teltow-Fläming district, Brandenburg state, Germany

Hermitage of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Religion & Belief Systems · Galifa

Hermitage in Galifa (Cartagena, Spain)

Wat Ban Han

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand

Grave of Vermond

Religion & Belief Systems · Père-Lachaise Cemetery - Division 82

Sepulchral chapel located in Paris, in France

Church of the Presidents

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Elberon, New Jersey

Christ Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church building in Benson, Minnesota, United States

First Baptist Church of Camillus

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Six Mile Run Reformed Church

Religion & Belief Systems

1879 church in Franklin Township, New Jersey

Church of the New Jerusalem

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Maine, United States of America

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Avon

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

First Universalist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church on Main Street in Kingston, New Hampshire

Gethsemane Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in Appleton, Minnesota

Paint Lick Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Kentucky, United States of America

St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and the Church of the Holy Comforter

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Burlington, United States of America

Church of St Mary of the Assumption, Burnley

Religion & Belief Systems · Burnley

Grade II listed catholic church in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK

Malakka Chapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Archipelbuurt

Chapel in The Hague, Netherlands

Church of the Immaculate Conception

Religion & Belief Systems

Church and parish house in Bassano in Teverina, Italy

St. Edward's Catholic Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Pennsylvania, United States

Jõõpre orthodox church

Religion & Belief Systems · Jõõpre

Church building in Estonia

Wayside cross near Chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Evangelical Lutheran Church Parsonage

Religion & Belief Systems

Rectory in Markham, Ontario, Canada

Rectory in Michle

Religion & Belief Systems

Rectory in Prague

Singtel

Economy & Trade · Singapore

Telecommunications company in Singapore

Ilford Photo

Economy & Trade · Mobberley

Photography company

Alpha Bank

Economy & Trade · Athens

Greek bank

Listerine

Economy & Trade · New Brunswick

Brand of mouthwash

Sydney International Exhibition

Economy & Trade · Sydney

Exhibition held in 1879

Wachovia

Economy & Trade · Charlotte

Company

Oriental Railway of the Ottoman Empire

Economy & Trade · Istanbul

Paris-based company that built and operated the railway lines in the Ottoman Empire's European territories

Tokio Marine

Economy & Trade · Chiyoda

Insurance holding company

Sobranie

Economy & Trade · London

London-based cigarette company owned by Japan Tobacco International

Bulgarian Posts

Economy & Trade · Sofia

National postal service of Bulgaria

Friesland Foods

Economy & Trade · Meppel

Company

Principal Financial Group

Economy & Trade · Des Moines

Financial services company

Bundesdruckerei

Economy & Trade · Berlin

German federally owned company for the production of official documents and devices

Holsten Brewery

Economy & Trade · Hamburg

German brewing company

Rosenthal

Economy & Trade · Selb

A German manufacturer of porcelain and other household goods

Société Anonyme des Ateliers de Sécheron

Economy & Trade · Geneva

Swiss electrical engineering company (1918–1988)

Akita Bank

Economy & Trade · Akita

Japanese regional bank

PZ Cussons

Economy & Trade · Manchester

Manufacturer of personal healthcare products and consumer goods

Voiello

Economy & Trade · Torre Annunziata

Italian pasta manufacturer

Dale of Norway

Economy & Trade · Dale

Norwegian clothing company

Tokio Marine Nichido

Economy & Trade · Chiyoda

Property insurance company

Aomori Bank

Economy & Trade · Aomori

Japanese regional bank

HOFF Norske Potetindustrier

Economy & Trade · Gjøvik Municipality

Norwegian agricultural cooperative

J. W. Spear & Sons

Economy & Trade · Fürth

A manufacturer of board games including Scrabble now apart of Mattel

Dymocks

Economy & Trade · Sydney

Australian bookstore chain

Casavant Frères

Economy & Trade · Saint-Hyacinthe

Canadian company

CVNE

Economy & Trade · La Rioja

Family winery in Spain

GC Rieber

Economy & Trade · Bergen

Norwegian company

Sampad Aviation

Economy & Trade · London

British aviation services company

McNeil Consumer Healthcare

Economy & Trade · Fort Washington

American medicals products company

Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company

Economy & Trade · Atlanta

Former Bell Operating Company serving the Southeastern United States

Mix & Genest

Economy & Trade · Berlin

Bukta

Economy & Trade · Stockport

Sports clothing brand

Crockett & Jones

Economy & Trade · Northampton

Shoe manufacturing company

Oechsle

Economy & Trade · Lima

Peruvian department store chain

Wesseler

Economy & Trade · Altenberge

Agricultural machine company from Altenberge (1879–1988)

Adolf Darbo AG

Economy & Trade · Stans

Austrian company

Daymar College

Economy & Trade · Owensboro

Defunct private university near Clarksville, Tennessee

Gayfers

Economy & Trade · Mobile

Department store chain of the southern United States

Justin Boots

Economy & Trade · Fort Worth

Footwear company

Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH

Economy & Trade · Brunswick

Public transport operator in Braunschweig, Germany

Montevideo Waterworks Company

Economy & Trade · London

Business

Ogilvy Renault

Economy & Trade · Montreal

Canadian law firm

United Africa Company of Nigeria

Economy & Trade · Lagos State

Nigerian Company

Wells Fargo Advisors

Economy & Trade · St. Louis

Subsidiary of Wells Fargo, located in St Louis, Missouri

The Denver Dry Goods Company

Economy & Trade · Denver

Defunct company in Denver, Colorado, also known as "The Denver"

Bankers Life

Economy & Trade · Chicago

Primary subsidiary of CNO Financial Group, Inc.

Anthon B Nilsen

Economy & Trade · Oslo

Norwegian investment company

Birks & Mayors

Economy & Trade · Montreal

Canadian jewelry company

Chattem

Economy & Trade · Chattanooga

American healthcare product company

Le Nouvelliste de Lyon

Economy & Trade · Lyon

French business

Keeley Institute

Economy & Trade · Dwight

Commercial medical operation

Northlands

Economy & Trade · Edmonton

Non-profit organization in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Verizon Pennsylvania

Economy & Trade · Philadelphia

Former Baby Bell telecom company

Hatch Show Print

Economy & Trade · Tennessee

Printing company famous for its music posters

Strachan & Henshaw

Economy & Trade · Bristol

UK business

Shepshed Building Society

Economy & Trade · Shepshed

Best & Co.

Economy & Trade · Manhattan

American clothing chain

Woman's Temperance Publishing Association

Economy & Trade · Illinois

International publisher of temperance literature

Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company

Economy & Trade · Perth Amboy

Terra cotta producer

OTK Group

Economy & Trade · Kolín

Czech company

SHS International

Economy & Trade · Liverpool

UK medical nutrition company

1879 Gansu earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Deadly earthquake in China in 1879

1879 Surigao earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in 1879

1879 Bozqush earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Iran

Murder of Julia Martha Thomas

Disasters & Pandemics · Richmond

Notorious murder from March 1879

Putumayo genocide

Disasters & Pandemics · Peru

Slavery in the Amazon

1879 Irish Famine

Disasters & Pandemics

1879 famine in Ireland

Meeker Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Rio Blanco County

Part of the American Indian Wars

Urabi revolt

Social Movements & Revolutions · Khedivate of Egypt

Nationalist uprising in Egypt

Sydney Riot of 1879

Social Movements & Revolutions · Sydney Cricket Ground

1879 riot in Australia over cricket

ʻIolani Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Former royal residence and capitol building in Hawaii

Basilica of Our Lady of the Children

Architecture & Engineering

Basilica located in Cher, in France

Fortun Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Luster, Vestland, Norway

Finlayson Church

Architecture & Engineering · Finlayson

Church in Tampere, Finland

Borgholm Church

Architecture & Engineering · Borgholm

Church of Sweden church building in Borgholm, Sweden

Stokken Church

Architecture & Engineering · Saltrød

Church building in Arendal, Agder, Norway

Frydendal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Risør, Norway

Alversund Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Alver, Norway

Tananger Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Sola, Rogaland, Norway

Oławski Bridge

Architecture & Engineering · Wrocław

Bridge in Poland

Lenvik Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Lenvik, Norway

Åfjord Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

Church of Our Lady of the Visitation

Architecture & Engineering

Catholic church building in Champlain, Quebec, Canada

St Oswald's Church, Backford

Architecture & Engineering · Backford

Church in Backford, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bosley

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II* listed church in Bosley, Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK

St Michael's Church, Ditton

Architecture & Engineering · Ditton

Church in Halton, Cheshire, England, UK

St Werburgh's Church, Bristol

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Bristol, England, UK

Trinity Methodist Church, Harrogate

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK

St Peter's Church, Leicester

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Leicester, England

St. John's Episcopal Church and Rectory

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Monticello, New York, United States

All Saints' Anglican Church, Condobolin

Architecture & Engineering · Condobolin

Church in New South Wales, Australia

St Botolph's Church, Heene

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK

St John the Baptist's Church, Knutsford

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, UK

St John the Evangelist's Church, Norley

Architecture & Engineering · Norley

Church in Norley, Cheshire, England, UK

Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Pennsylvania, United States

American Fork Presbyterian Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in American Fork, Utah, United States

All Saints Anglican Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Manitoba, Canada

St Nicholas's Church

Architecture & Engineering · Dolphin Town

Grade II listed church in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK

Church of St Mary of the Angels, Hooton

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Cheshire, England, UK

Kaunas Fortress

Architecture & Engineering

Fortress complex in Kaunas, Lithuania

Brunswick Monument

Architecture & Engineering · Genève-Cité

Mausoleum built in 1879 in Geneva, for Charles II, Duke of Brunswick

Fort Margherita

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in Sarawak, Malaysia

Fort Tas-Silġ

Architecture & Engineering

Polygonal fort in Marsaxlokk, Malta

Yūki Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Shinto shrine in Mie Prefecture, Japan

Hida Gokoku Shrine

Architecture & Engineering · Shiroyama Park

Shinto shrine in Takayama, Gifu

Fort de la Crèche

Architecture & Engineering

French coastal battery

Archaeological Museum of Granada

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Granada, Spain

Canarian Museum

Architecture & Engineering · Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Museum in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (European Union)

monument to Victor Emmanuel II

Architecture & Engineering · piazza del Duomo

Monument by Ercole Rosa in Milan, Italy

Yosemite Valley Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel in Mariposa County, United States of America

Sapporo Gokoku Shrine

Architecture & Engineering · Nakajima Park

Shinto shrine in Chuo-ku, Japan

Saint Francis De Sales Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Cincinnati, United States of America

Hole in the Rock

Architecture & Engineering

crevice in the western rim of Glen Canyon, Utah, U.S

Nuestra Señora del Carmen Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Hatillo, Puerto Rico

St. Anthony's Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church in Padua, Ohio, United States

Court Street Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Virginia, United States of America

Keachi United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Louisiana, United States of America

Saxton United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Delaware, United States of America

St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in South Dakota, United States of America

Iglesia del Dulce Nombre de María

Architecture & Engineering

Catholic church in Santiago de Chile

Museo de Valladolid

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Valladolid, Spain

Former Hotel Belvedere in Vyborg

Architecture & Engineering

Building of Former Hotel Belvedere in Vyborg, Russia

Kalajoki Church

Architecture & Engineering · Kalajoki parish village

Church building in Kalajoki, Finland

Chapelle Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice

Architecture & Engineering · Moresnet-Chapelle

Chapel in Moresnet-Chapelle, Belgium

Saint-Walburga church

Architecture & Engineering · Sainte-Walburge

Church in Liège, Belgium

Shōgyō-ji Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist temple in Hokkaido, Japan

Alexander Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Kamppi

Opera house and theater in Helsinki, Finland

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Sports & Entertainment

Opera house in Geneva, Switzerland

Olympia Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Concert hall and theatre in Dublin, Ireland

Blackpool Illuminations

Sports & Entertainment

English lights festival

Tabor Opera House

Sports & Entertainment

Former movie theater in Leadville, Colorado, United States

State Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Former theater and movie theater in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Napa Valley Opera House

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Napa, California, United States

Irish Open

Sports & Entertainment · Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club

Tennis tournament

Kontxako Bandera

Sports & Entertainment · bay of La Concha

Spanish coastal rowing regatta

Ryukyu Kingdom dissolved

Empires & Countries · Shuri

Ryukyu Kingdom ceased to exist, having been centered at Shuri.

International Association of the Congo founded

Empires & Countries

International Association of the Congo was founded.

Cayor dissolved

Empires & Countries

Cayor ceased to exist.

Baté Empire dissolved

Empires & Countries · Kankan

Baté Empire ceased to exist, having been centered at Kankan.

Santō district founded

Empires & Countries

Santō district was founded.