Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1879. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...

legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1878 and 1879, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative...

The Irish famine of 1879 was the last main Irish famine. Unlike the earlier Great Famines of 1740–1741 and 1845–1852, the 1879 famine (sometimes called...

between Germany and Austria-Hungary, which was created by treaty on October 7, 1879, as part of Germany's Otto von Bismarck's system of alliances to prevent...

The following are the baseball events of the year 1879 throughout the world. National League: Providence Grays National Association: Albany Blue Stockings...

railroad ran north-east to Euclid, parallel to Euclid Avenue. In August 1879 the Lake View and Collamer Railroad was sold at foreclosure sale and then...

Rampa rebellion of 1879 (also known as the First Rampa rebellion to distinguish it from the Rampa Rebellion of 1922-24) was an insurrection by the hill...

list of shipwrecks in February 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1879. "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow...

strips. In the United States, the McLoughlin Bros. from New York released in 1879 a simplified (and unauthorized) copy of Reynaud's invention under the name...

William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born...