1879 in Chile
Incumbents
    
    
Events
    
- March 23 – Battle of Topáter
 - April 12 – Battle of Chipana
 - May 21 – Battle of Iquique and Battle of Punta Gruesa
 - October 8 – Battle of Angamos
 - November 2 – Battle of Pisagua
 - November 23 – Battle of San Francisco
 - November 27 – Battle of Tarapacá
 
Births
    
- 6 February – Pedro Aguirre Cerda, thirtieth president of Chile (d. 1941)
 - 12 February – Juan Esteban Montero, politician (d. 1948)
 - 1 July – Ignacio Urrutia Manzano, politician (d. 1951)
 
Deaths
    
- May 21 – Arturo Prat, lawyer and navy officer (b. 1848)
 
See also
    
    
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