Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski () ( July 3, 1879 – March 1, 1950 ) was a Polish-American philosopher and scientist.

* 1803 – Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and statesman, 10th Prime Minister of Prussia ( d. 1879 )

* 1879 – John Ireland, English composer ( d. 1962 )

However conservative forces crushed BZNS in a 1923 coup and assassinated its leader, Aleksandar Stamboliyski ( 1879 – 1923 ).

* 1879 – Joseph Severn, English painter ( b. 1793 )

* 1879 – The opening of the Poor Man's Palace in Manchester, England.

* 1879 – Johannes Kotze, South African cricketer ( d. 1931 )

* 1879 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous ( d. 1950 )

* 1879 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general ( d. 1919 )

* 1827 – Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet ( d. 1879 )

* 1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress ( d. 1959 )

* 1879 – The Virgin Mary, along with St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist, reportedly appears at Knock Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland.

* 1879 – Claude Grahame-White, English pilot ( d. 1959 )

* 1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor ( d. 1879 )

* 1879 – Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.

* 1879 – Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist ( d. 1962 )

* 1950 – Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher ( b. 1879 )

* 1879 – Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

Andreas Aagesen ( 5 August 1826 – 26 October 1879 ) was a Danish jurist.

* 1879 – Raden Ayu Kartini, Indonesian national heroine ( d. 1904 )

* 1960 – Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1879 )

* 1939 – Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia ( b. 1879 )

* Bill Bachrach ( 1879 – 1959 ), American swim coach known as " Bach "

Charles Louis Napoléon ( 1808 – 1873 ), son of Louis Napoléon, was president of France in 1848 – 1852 and emperor in 1852 – 1870, reigning as Napoléon III ; his son, Eugène Bonaparte ( 1856 – 1879 ), styled the Prince Imperial, died fighting the Zulus in Natal, South Africa.

Shenton Thomas was born on 10 October 1879, in Southwark, London to the Rev Thomas William Thomas and his wife Charlotte Susanna ( Susie ) née Whitelegge.

* 1879 – Rudolf Bauer, Hungarian athlete ( d. 1932 )

Gyula Count Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka ( 3 March 1823 – 18 February 1890 ) was a Hungarian statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Hungary ( 1867 – 1871 ) and subsequently as Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary ( 1871 – 1879 ).

* 1879 – Dezső Lauber, Hungarian architect and sportsman ( d. 1966 )

* 1879 – Jenő Bory, Hungarian architect ( d. 1959 )

* September 5 – Dezső Lauber, Hungarian sportsman and architect ( b. 1879 )

* Ferenc Móra ( 1879 – 1934 ), Hungarian writer

Dezső Lauber ( 23 May 1879 – 5 September 1966 ) was a Hungarian all-round sportsman and architect.

* Rudolf Bauer ( 1879 – 1932 ), A Hungarian gold medal winning Olympian

Eugen Samuilovich Varga ( November 6, 1879, Budapest – October 7, 1964, Moscow ) was a Marxist economist of Hungarian origin.

Antal Dovcsák ( March 11, 1879 – 1962 ) was a Hungarian politician.

Sándor Garbai ( 27 March 1879 – 7 November 1947 ) was a Hungarian socialist politician.

Baron Béla Wenckheim ( Körösladány, 16 February 1811 – Budapest, 7 July 1879 ) was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister for several months in 1875.

József Szlávy de Érkenéz et Okány ( 23 November 1818 in Győr – 8 August 1900 Zsitvaújfalu, ( today Nová Ves nad Žitavou, Slovakia )) was a Hungarian politician who served as prime minister from 1872 to 1874, as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Hungary from 3 April 1879 to 12 April 1880 and as Speaker of the House of Magnats from 19 September 1894 to 3 October 1896.

Zsigmond Móricz (, June 29, 1879, Tiszacsécse — September 4, 1942 ) was a major Hungarian novelist and Social Realist.

Ferenc Móra ( Kiskunfélegyháza, 19 July 1879 – Szeged, 8 February 1934 ) was a Hungarian novelist, journalist, and museologist.

The first Garden was a former rail station that was converted into an open-air circus venue by P. T. Barnum in 1871 and was renamed " Madison Square Garden " in 1879.

The seasons of 1878, 1879 and 1880 found us leading attractions of the W. W. Cole circus.