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• Aaltje Mulder, Amsterdam
• Noyens Maria, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 1958)
• Aaltjen Beinema, Hommerts, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1963)
• Albert Bernardus Winsemius, Minnertsga-gemeente Barradeel († 1952)
• Anna Maria Baart, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Ekhart, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Leonardus Huijsen, Delft
• Adrianus Johannes Sips, Breda († 1900)
• LUCHIES, Nieuw-Amsterdam (Emmen), Drenthe, Nederland († 1879)
• anna Maria BAART, Rotterdam

• Betje Arend van Rees (62), Zaltbommel, Holanda
• Annechiena Buiter (9), Zuidlaren
• Anna Emerentia Nieuwendorp (82), Dordrecht
• Bartholomeus van Duuren (54), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend CLEVERINGA (21), Pieterburen, Eenrum
• Anna Maria Toemen (50), Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Dehullu (50), Lendelede
• Berber Jans Krol (60), no. 336, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertuis Aalten (0), Zeist, Utrecht, Nl
• Antonius Hofmans (79), Herpen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1871 » Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1906)
• 1874 » Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna († 1922)
• 1876 » Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author († 1899)
• 1876 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna († 1943)
• 1878 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager († 1934)
• 1879 » Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author († 1925)
• 1882 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria († 1957)
• 1883 » Hermann Abendroth, German conductor († 1956)
• 1887 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic († 1943)
• 1889 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor († 1943)

• 1847 » Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
• 1853 » Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
• 1874 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
• 1878 » Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
• 1905 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 1908 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)

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 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
• January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

The temperature on January 19, 1879 was about -3.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.