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• Anna Catharina Brand, Niederlangen, Lathen († 1883)
• Anna Catharina Vrancken, Echt, Echt-Susteren
• Andries Vos, Numansdorp († 1945)
• Aaltje van Ossenbruggen *, Kampen
• Aalbert de Koning, De Werken, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1940)
• Aaltje Van Ossenbrugge, Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1959)
• Albert ölering, Getelo, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Aaltje Visser, Vlieland († 1954)
• Anna Carolina Margaretha Stillebroer, Rotterdam
• Adriana Janse, Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL († 1901)

• Benjamin Meijer (10), Oude Pekela
• Cornelia Margaretha van den Bosch (0), Noordwijkerhout
• Adriaan van Alphen (51), Gilze en Rijen
• Barbera Johanna OOSTLANDER (11), Krimpen aan de Lek (Z.-H.), Neth
• Cornelis DIRKSE (80), Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benjamin MEIJER (10), Oude Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriaan Dubbelman (79), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Jansen (29), Heteren
• Angelina Oeyen (8), Meerhout, België
• Antje Heeros BLOM (70), 1042 Westzijde, Zaandam, NH, Netherlands 1506

• 1875 » Marie of Romania († 1938)
• 1877 » Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer († 1966)
• 1877 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1879 » Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
• 1879 » Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1969)
• 1880 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)
• 1881 » John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower († 1930)
• 1882 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright († 1944)
• 1883 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player († 1966)
• 1891 » Fanny Brice, American actress and singer († 1951)

• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)

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.
• March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• 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.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

The temperature on October 29, 1879 was about 7.5 °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 88%.