In the Laura Monastery on Mount Athos (Eastern Greece), Jan Kukuzeli, a prominent figure in Byzantine musical culture, singer, composer, and music theorist, passed away.
In Athens, the first issue of the newspaper "I foni tis Alvanias" ("The Voice of Albania", 1879–1880) was published. It was a weekly political, social, and cultural newspaper, printed in Greek and partially in Albanian.
In Piraeus (Greece), Anastas Janullatos was born, the Archbishop of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, professor, and corresponding member of the Academy of Athens.
