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• Albertus Spies, Leiderdorp († 1879)
• Aalbert den Ouden, Oud-Beijerland († 1957)
• Adolf Pogorzelski, Kriewen, Poland
• Alfred Ernest Jones, Glamorgan, Wales († 1958)
• Adriana Roelen, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Albert Pieters Sybesma, Idskenhuizen, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Mijnster, Sliedrecht († 1954)
• Adriana Dorresteijn, Soest
• Albertus Adolphus Cornelius SIX, Ieper,8900,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adrianus Johannes Jacobus van der Rest, Dordrecht

• Adriana van Schouwen, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• CLEMENT (0), Zwijndrecht
• Agatha van Leeuwen Leuwen (86), Schiedam
• Bernardus Christiaans (53), Uden
• Adam Josephs Meijer (74), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anne Jans Andringa (10), Joure (HAS), Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Antonie Bastiaansz van Driel (58), Rotterdam, zh.nld
• Angus McDonnell (66), Cotta Walla, New South Wales, Australia
• Arend Hertsenberg (57), Dedemsvaart
• Anna Hovestad (32), Dodewaard, Neder Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1874 » Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy († 1944)
• 1874 » Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer († 1927)
• 1877 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist († 1937)
• 1878 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer († 1929)
• 1879 » E. M. Forster, English author and playwright († 1970)
• 1879 » William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres († 1952)
• 1883 » William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician († 1959)
• 1884 » Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company († 1949)
• 1887 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral († 1945)
• 1888 » Georgios Stanotas, Greek general († 1965)

• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Trijntje
15. Antje
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

The temperature on January 1, 1879 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.