Dashed left edge = started before October 1879 ·
Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond October 1879
Events in October 1879 4
1879Germany and Austria-Hungary Sign the Dual AllianceDefensive pact binds Berlin and Vienna against RussiaChancellor Otto von Bismarck concluded a secret defensive alliance between the German and Austro-Hungarian empires, committing each to support the other if attacked by Russia. The pact became the core of the later Triple Alliance with Italy and shaped European diplomacy until World War I. It marked a decisive shift in Bismarck's balance-of-power strategy.
1879 – 1967Jane Darwell (1879-1967)American actress, Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins.
1879Jane Darwell born in PalmyraJane Darwell is born in Palmyra.
1879Irish National Land League FoundedMichael Davitt organizes tenant farmers against landlordismMichael Davitt founded the Irish National Land League in Dublin to campaign for fair rents, fixed tenure, and free sale for Irish tenant farmers. Charles Stewart Parnell was elected its president, linking the land agitation to parliamentary nationalism. The League's campaign launched the Land War, a period of agrarian unrest across Ireland.