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• Akke de Jager, Brantgum, gem. Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1879)
• Alida (van) Blitterswijk, Culemborg
• Albert Boertje, Krakeel (Hoogeveen), Nederland († 1880)
• Alice Vergnault († 1953)
• Alida VAN DIJK, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1942)
• Adriana Razenberg, Oosterhout (Brabant) († 1934)
• Aafje van Veen, Steenwijk
• Adriana Blok, Egmond aan Zee
• Albert Boertje, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1880)
• Alida Anna Henriette de Vries, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1962)

• Bernardus Som (2), Didam
• Aaltje Kramer (86), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia (Greven) Greve (67), Bekveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonio Bueno (0), Jaú, São Paulo, Brasil
• Christian Micheel (58), Schernikau,Stendal,Sachsen-Anhalt,Bundesrepublick Deutschland
• Anna Wouters (64), Vlissingen
• Camille Vanneste (22), Mechelen Antwerpen
• Aaltje Eppes Brakema (74), Scharmer, Slochteren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Conraad Giesen (1), Kerkrade (L
• Antonia Greve (67), Bekveld (Bronckhorst), Gld, The Netherlands

• 1874 » Alfred Tysoe, English runner († 1901)
• 1876 » Walter Tewksbury, American runner and hurdler († 1968)
• 1877 » Maurice Farman, French race car driver and pilot († 1964)
• 1878 » Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect († 1944)
• 1880 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, and producer († 1971)
• 1880 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter and academic († 1966)
• 1882 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician († 1963)
• 1884 » George David Birkhoff, American mathematician († 1944)
• 1885 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director († 1952)
• 1886 » Walter Dray, American pole vaulter († 1973)

• 1843 » Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician, 1st President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1843 » Robert Southey, English poet, historian, and translator (b. 1774)
• 1854 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Edwin Vose Sumner, American general (b. 1797)
• 1869 » Juan Almonte, son of José María Morelos, was a Mexican soldier and diplomat who served as a regent in the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1803)
• 1884 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Joseph E. Johnston, American general (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Frederick Winslow Taylor, American golfer, tennis player, and engineer (b. 1856)
• 1920 » Evelina Haverfield, British suffragette and aid worker (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Frantz Reichel, French rugby player and hurdler (b. 1871)

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 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The temperature on March 21, 1879 was about 3.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.