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• Aafke Hendriks Rodenburg, Dronrijp, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1913)
• Ambrosius Johannes Coster, rotterdam
• Adriana Jacoba Van. Alphen, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL († 1947)
• Meeuwesen Joanna Maria Catharina, Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Mechelina van Herk, Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• ?? Verdoes, Rotterdam († 1879)
• Adrianus Havermans, Wouw, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1940)
• Anke Gerrits Twijnstra, Folsgare, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Aafke Rodenburg, Dronrijp († 1913)
• Amélia Augusta Diniz Junqueira, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil († 1958)

• Annigje Verbaas (62), Maasdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Moberts (67), Gulpen
• van den Bent, Rotterdam
• Antje Reiding (10), Morra, Friesland, Nederland
• Arent Herms (= Arend Harmens ) van Olst (86), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Leeuwen (18), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert KNOL (25), Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abby Bassett (68)
• Ambrosius Terluin (63), Warmenhuizen
• Annigje Verbaas (62), Maasdam

• 1873 » Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmer, banker, and politician, 4th President of Finland († 1940)
• 1875 » George Clawley, English footballer († 1920)
• 1877 » Alfred Kubin, Austrian author and illustrator († 1959)
• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)
• 1879 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician († 1921)
• 1880 » Frances Perkins, American sociologist, academic, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Labor († 1965)
• 1880 » Montague Summers, English clergyman and author († 1948)
• 1886 » Johnny Hayes, American runner and trainer († 1965)
• 1887 » Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1889 » Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1982)

• 1823 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (b. 1757)
• 1871 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789)
• 1904 » Isabella II, Spanish queen (b. 1830)
• 1909 » Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (b. 1879)
• 1920 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (b. 1829)
• 1931 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian novelist (b. 1851)
• 1938 » King Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
• 1942 » Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor and director (b. 1881)

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 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• 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 April 10, 1879 was about 1.7 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.