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 )

* 1879 – Susanna Bokoyni, Hungarian centenarian and circus performer ( d. 1984 )

* 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.

* 1856 – Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France ( d. 1879 )

* March 16 – Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph, Prince Imperial, son of French Emperor Napoleon III ( d. 1879 )

When Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, died in 1879, Prince Napoleon became the genealogically most senior member of the Bonaparte family, but the Prince Imperial's will excluded him from the succession, nominating Prince Napoleon's son Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte as the new head of the family.

Napoléon, Prince Imperial, ( Full name: Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph, 16 March 1856 – 1 June 1879 ), Prince Imperial, Fils de France, was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III of France and his Empress consort Eugénie de Montijo.

* 1873 – 1879: His Imperial Highness Prince Imperial Napoléon, Head of the Imperial House of France

* Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial or Napoléon IV, Prince Imperial, often referred to as Louis Napoléon ( 1856 – 1879 ), only child of Napoleon III

Since the early death of his only son Louis Napoléon in 1879, the House of Bonaparte has had a number of claimants to the French throne.

* Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial ( Napoleon IV ), Claimant ( 1873 – 1879 ), the only legitimate child of Napoleon III.

* Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, nicknamed ' Plon-plon ', Claimant ( 1879 – 1891 ); however, Eugène Bonapartes ' will excluded him from the succession in favor of his son Napoleon Victor, leading to fierce disputes.

* Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte ( Napoleon V ), Claimant ( 1879 – 1926 ) ( though many Bonapartists preferred his younger brother Louis ).

* 23 April-Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Emperor Napoleon III of France, arrives in Durban to visit the grave of her son, Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial who was killed in Zululand during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879

Foreign Royals have also served in the Army, such as Eugène Bonaparte the son of Napoléon III, who was commissioned into the Royal Artillery, but was killed in 1879 while serving in South Africa during the Anglo-Zulu War.

Victor, Prince Napoléon, titular 4th Prince of Montfort ( Napoléon Victor Jérôme Frédéric Bonaparte ; 18 July 1862 – 3 May 1926 ) was the Bonapartist pretender to the French throne from 1879 until his death in 1926.

He was appointed head of the house of Bonaparte at the age of 18 in the will of Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial, who died in 1879, and so became Napoleon V to his supporters, though his younger brother, Prince Louis, a colonel in the Russian Imperial Guard, was preferred to him by many Bonapartists.

#* Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat ( 16 May 1803 – 10 April 1878 ), married Caroline Georgina Fraser ( 1810 – 1879 ).

* 1879 – Prince Waldemar of Prussia ( b. 1868 )

* Rede des Reichskanzlers Fürsten Bismarck über das Bündniss zwischen Deutschland und Oesterreich Speech of Reich Chancellor Prince Bismarck on the League between Germany and Austria 7 Oct. 1879

Finally, with the outbreak of the Zulu War in 1879, the Prince Imperial, with the rank of lieutenant, forced the hand of the British military to allow him to take part in the conflict.

The middle-aged estate manager, Rudd, is somewhat embittered at having been one of the soldiers who had failed to rescue the Prince Imperial in 1879.

Alexander Joseph, Prince of Bulgaria GCB ( 5 April 1857 – 23 October 1893 ), known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince ( knyaz ) of modern Bulgaria, reigning from 29 April 1879 to 7 September 1886.

When, under the Treaty of Berlin ( 1878 ), Bulgaria became an autonomous principality under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire, the Tsar recommended his nephew to the Bulgarians as a candidate for the newly-created throne, and the Grand National Assembly unanimously elected Prince Alexander as Prince of Bulgaria ( 29 April 1879 ).

Before proceeding to Bulgaria, Prince Alexander paid visits to the Tsar at Livadia, to the courts of the great powers and to the sultan ; a Russian warship then conveyed him to Varna, and after taking the oath to the new constitution at Turnovo ( 8 July 1879 ) he went to Sofia.

Witness the title roles in Peter Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin ( which received its first production in 1879 ) and Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor ( 1890 ).

In 1879, after a great deal of discussion between the Queen, the Prince of Wales, their households and the Government, the royal brothers were sent as naval cadets on a three-year world tour aboard HMS Bacchante.

Born in Paris, he was called to the bar in 1879 and distinguished himself by brilliant pleadings in favour of socialist and anarchist leaders, defending Prince Kropotkine at Lyon in 1883, Louise Michel in the same year.

The death of the prince imperial in 1879 put an end to the serious chances of the Bonapartists, although Rouher sought to secure the recognition of Prince Napoleon, son of the ex-king Jerome, as heir to the Imperial honours.

She was the daughter of Chikako ( 1879 – 1956 ) and Kuniyoshi, Prince Kuni ( 1873 – 1929 ).