Timeline February 1879

Events in February 1879 2

• 1808 – 1879 Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) Died 10 February 1879, aged 70 Honoré Daumier was a French painter, sculptor, and caricaturist renowned for his satirical lithographs of French politics and society. He produced thousands of prints for Parisian journals over a four-decade career, often targeting corruption and social injustice. Daumier died in Valmondois, France, nearly blind and in poverty.
• 1879 War of the Pacific Begins Chile occupies Antofagasta, igniting war with Bolivia and Peru Chilean troops occupied the Bolivian port of Antofagasta over a mining tax dispute, triggering a war against the allied forces of Bolivia and Peru. The conflict would last until 1883 and reshape the map of South America's Pacific coast. Chile's eventual victory gave it control of the nitrate-rich Atacama region.