1879 deaths

British politician (1813-1879)

Latvian poet (1850-1879)

German musical theorist (1808–1879)

Chinese Qing Dynasty official (1820-1879)

German pharmacologist (1820-1879)

French naturalist (1808–1879)

German entomologist (1807-1879)

19th-century Russian socialite and memoirist

Infanta of Spain (1861–1879)

Swiss engineer (1826-1879)

Austrian writer (1821-1879)

French writer, playwright and explorer (1820–1879)

Prussian general (1790-1879)

Armenian historian (1812-1879)

German prince (1843–1879)

caricaturist (1819-1879)

French pathologist (1818–1879)

Spanish infanta (1852–1879)

Ottoman diplomat and art collector (1831–1879)

French physician (1794–1879)

British botanist (1806-1879)

British Army officer (1830–1879)

Canadian poet (1827-1879)

Swiss painter and sculptor (1836-1879)

American artist (1840-1879)

Irish writer (1816–1879)

German physiologist and histologist (1849–1879)

Belgian politician (1829-1879)

German media mogul (1811-1879)

French surgeon (1804-1879)

French writer and critic (1817-1879)

Swedish opera singer and singing teacher (1819–1879)

British painter (1816–1879)

Italian archbishop and cardinal (1815–1879)

Polish general

French journalist (1812–1879)

French artist, photographer and inventor (1804-1879)

British artist (1793-1879)

Uruguayan sociologist, journalist and politician (1845-1879)

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

mother of Eugénie, Empress of the French (1794-1879)

German composer, conductor and choirmaster (1820–1879)

British opera singer (1815-1879)

Polish writer (1819–1879)

Meir Leibush ben Yehiel Michel Wisser (March 7, 1809 – September 18, 1879), better known as the Malbim (), was a rabbi, master of Hebrew grammar, and Bible commentator. The name Malbim was derived from the Hebrew initials of his name. He used this acronym as his surname in all his published works and became known by it in common usage. His writings do not include works about Kohelet or Eicha.

Swiss painter (1788-1879)

French presbyter (1826–1879)

Danish jurist (1826–1879)

French-Italian writer and feminist

Belgian doctor and entomologist (1824–1879)

German countess (1820–1879)

German orthopaedist (1800–1879)

German botanist (1816–1879)

American politician (1814-1879)

British chemist (1798-1879)

Carniolan lawyer (1824-1879)

Russian general (1820–1879)

1824—1879, first premier of Tonga

Belgian painter (1820-1879)

German physiologist (1828–1879)