10th April » Louis III of France or Louis III and Carloman II become joint List of French monarchs named Kings of the Western Franks.
21st May » Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state.
Famous Birthdays in 879
17th September » Charles the Simple, French king (d. 929)
Famous Deaths in History for 879
10th April » Louis the Stammerer, French son of Ermentrude of Orléans (b. 846)