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• AAFJE VAN DEN BERG, ROTTERDAM († 1942)
• Adriaan, Huybrecht van Tiggelen, Steenbergen († 1965)
• Agatha Johanna Dekker, Wormerveer († 1958)
• Adrianus Johannes Rogier, Bergen op Zoom († 1946)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Jammaers, Zepperen, België († 1953)
• Adrianus PLAK, Harenkarspel († 1881)
• Adolph Hubert Eysoldt, Aachen († 1954)
• Alberdina van der Berg, Amsterdam (Oetgenspad)
• Alphonsius Coeck, Bornem, België († 1890)
• Adriana Maria Oudshoorn, Mijdrecht († 1961)

• * Cornelia Tas (33), Maassluis
• Antoinetta Jacoba Muns (61), ' s Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Pays-Bas
• Idsardi, betterwird
• ANNA MARIA BREUGELMANS (0), Edegem
• Anna Maria Zwijnenberg (63), Raalte
• Antonia Valkenburg (41), Wouw (Roosendaal) (Noord-Brabant)
• Anne Léontine Coudyser (0), Ecaussinnes-Lalaing
• Adrianus Luduvicus LINDERS (42), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Slechten (54), Munsterbilzen
• Aartje Brand (0), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1870 » D. T. Suzuki, Japanese author and scholar († 1966)
• 1872 » Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian poet and author († 1936)
• 1873 » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian lawyer and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy († 1951)
• 1875 » Len Braund, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1955)
• 1878 » James Truslow Adams, American historian and author († 1949)
• 1880 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-Russian general, journalist, and theorist († 1940)
• 1881 » Max Gerson, German-born American physician († 1959)
• 1882 » Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1887 » Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong († 1946)
• 1888 » Paul Vermoyal, French actor († 1925)

• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)
• 1892 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1893 » Charles Gounod, French composer and educator (b. 1818)
• 1908 » Nozu Michitsura, Japanese field marshal (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Alfred Binet, French psychologist and author (b. 1857)
• 1921 » Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)

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.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
• May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
• October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.

The temperature on October 18, 1879 was about 8.5 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.