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• Aleida Jans Aaftink, Noord Eschmarke, Lonneker († 1947)
• Anna Timmerman, Randwijk († 1960)
• Adriana Martina Robben, Tilburg († 1879)
• Akke ten Zweege, Wonseradeel (Makkum),, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana de Pater, Vlist (gem. Krimpenerwaard, ZH) († 1879)
• Adolf Delheye, Klerken († 1879)
• Smidt
• Anna Cornelisdr Bak, Broek op Langedijk, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1913)
• Allegonda Rooijackers, Gemert († 1954)
• Adriana de Pater, Vlist († 1879)

• Arie Hofman (0), Vlaardingen
• Antonius den Teuling (0), Besoijen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Berend Visscher (67), IJsselmuiden
• Berend Visscher (67), IJsselmuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Akke Durks Heide van der (77), Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Akke Dirks van der Heide (77), Oenkerk
• Akke Dirks van der Heide (77), Tietjerksteradeel
• Akke Dirks van der Heide (77), Oenkerk
• Annetje Waarhuijs (14), Weesp,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoine Michel Thirij (51), Amsterdam

• 1867 » Flora Finch, English-American actress († 1940)
• 1867 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-born American educator, publisher, and humanitarian († 1948)
• 1871 » James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist († 1938)
• 1876 » Edward Anthony Spitzka, American anatomist and author († 1922)
• 1876 » William Carr, American rower († 1942)
• 1880 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer († 1964)
• 1881 » Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter († 1955)
• 1882 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1918)
• 1882 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1971)
• 1888 » Heinz Guderian, German general († 1954)

• 1821 » Martín Miguel de Güemes, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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 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 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.
• October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on June 17, 1879 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.