Editing 1879 (section)

===January&ndash;March===
* [[January 1]]
** The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The [[United States Note]] is valued the same as [[gold]], for the first time since the [[American Civil War]].
** [[Brahms]]' [[Violin Concerto (Brahms)|Violin Concerto]] is premiered in [[Leipzig]] with [[Joseph Joachim]] as soloist and the composer conducting. 
* [[January 11]] &ndash; The [[Anglo-Zulu War]] begins.
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Isandlwana]]: A force of 1,200 British soldiers is wiped out by over 20,000 Zulu warriors.[[File:Isandhlwana.jpg|thumb|January 22: [[Battle of Isandlwana]]]]
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Rorke's Drift]]: Following the previous day's defeat, a smaller British force of 140 successfully repels an attack by 4,000 Zulus.[[File:Alphonse de Neuville - The defence of Rorke's Drift 1879 - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|January 22–23: [[Battle of Rorke's Drift]]]]
* [[February 3]] &ndash; Mosley Street in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] (England) becomes the world's first public highway to be lit by the electric [[incandescent light bulb]] invented by [[Joseph Swan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1879|work=Co-Curate|url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/1879/history/|accessdate=2022-03-21}}</ref>
* [[February 8]] &ndash; At a meeting of the [[Royal Canadian Institute]], engineer and inventor [[Sandford Fleming]] first proposes the global adoption of [[standard time]].
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[United States Geological Survey]] is founded.
* [[March 11]] &ndash; The [[Ryukyu Domain]] is incorporated into the [[Okinawa Prefecture]] of [[Japan]] and the last ruler, [[Shō Tai]], exiled to Tokyo.
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Dvořák]]'s [[Symphony No. 5 (Dvořák)|Symphony No. 5]] in F major, Op. 76, B. 54, is premiered (four years after being written) in [[Prague]] with [[Adolf Čech]] conducting.
* [[March 28]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hlobane]]: British forces suffer a defeat.
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kambula]]: British forces defeat 20,000 [[Zulu people|Zulu]]s.