About the day » Thursday March 13, 1879Calender converter

• Alida Anna de Boer, Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland († 1879)
• * Anna Maria Baars, Zijpe, NL († 1885)
• Aleida Helmig, Zwolle, Ov., Nederland († 1881)
• Albertus Hoogeveen, Zevenhuizen († 1945)
• Aaltje van den Brink, Harderwijk († 1879)
• Andries de Jonge, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Ezenga, Loppersum, Groningen, Netherlands († 1942)
• Anna Catharina Gorkum, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Indemans, Stevensweert († 1879)
• , Wassenaar

• Adriana Isabella de La Coer (32), Middelburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, NL
• Albert Jans Kwast (64), Vollenhove
• Angela Victoria Declerk (70), Woumen
• Antonie Martinus Breda van, Boxtel, NB, Nederland
• Belia van Ast (47), Middelburg
• Aaltje Jans (81), Nijkerk
• Adriana Klein (21), Scheveningen
• Andrina Gort (39), Texel, NL
• Anna Ritzema Scheringa (68), Sebaldeburen, Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anne Doornbos (3), Zevenhuizen, Leek

• 1870 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator († 1938)
• 1874 » Ellery Harding Clark, American jumper, coach, and lawyer († 1949)
• 1880 » Josef Gočár, Czech architect († 1945)
• 1883 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer († 1926)
• 1884 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author and educator († 1941)
• 1886 » Albert William Stevens, American captain and photographer († 1949)
• 1886 » Home Run Baker, American baseball player and manager († 1963)
• 1888 » Paul Morand, French author and diplomat († 1976)
• 1890 » Fritz Busch, German conductor and director († 1951)
• 1892 » Janet Flanner, American journalist and author († 1978)

• 1842 » Henry Shrapnel, English general (b. 1761)
• 1854 » Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)
• 1873 » David Swinson Maynard, American physician, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1808)
• 1879 » Adolf Anderssen, German mathematician and chess player (b. 1818)
• 1881 » Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Leland Stanford Jr., American son of Leland Stanford (b. 1868)
• 1885 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (b. 1795)
• 1901 » Benjamin Harrison, American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1906 » Susan B. Anthony, American activist (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (b. 1836)

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.
• February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
• 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 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄₂ hours before burning out).
• December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

The temperature on March 13, 1879 was about 2.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.