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| Gregorian calendar | 1879 MDCCCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2632 |
| Armenian calendar | 1328 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6629 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 35–36 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1800–1801 |
| Bengali calendar | 1286 |
| Berber calendar | 2829 |
| British Regnal year | 42 Vict. 1 – 43 Vict. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2423 |
| Burmese calendar | 1241 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7387–7388 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 4576 or 4369 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4577 or 4370 |
| Coptic calendar | 1595–1596 |
| Discordian calendar | 3045 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1871–1872 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5639–5640 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1935–1936 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1800–1801 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4979–4980 |
| Holocene calendar | 11879 |
| Igbo calendar | 879–880 |
| Iranian calendar | 1257–1258 |
| Islamic calendar | 1296–1297 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 12 (明治１２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1807–1808 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4212 |
| Minguo calendar | 33 before ROC 民前33年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 411 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2421–2422 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 2005 or 1624 or 852 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 2006 or 1625 or 853 |
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1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1879th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 879th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1879, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.