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• Alexander Alonisius Cornelis Rens, Schiedam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Koers, den haag
• Abraham Sturm, Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adolphus Hendrikus Johannes Karthon, Heusden († 1881)
• Adrianus Gommarius Buysen, Oorderen († 1886)
• Adrianus Eijkemans, Vught († 1951)
• Adrianus_Franciscus Peeters, Turnhout
• Alexander Alouisius Cornelis Rens, Schiedam († 1946)
• Suijkerbuijk, Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant (Nederland)
• Alberta Cornelia Knaken, Groessen, Gelderland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Lishout (73), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Aaltje van Essen (49), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Heederik, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van Aalderen (65), Groningen
• Pater, Aalden, gem. Zweelo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alexander Veugelen (46), Lubbeek
• Antonia van Eijk (48), Hedikhuizen, NL
• Adrianus van Harmelen (0), Kedichem
• Albertus Arnoldus van der Meij (1), Zoeterwoude H 127
• Albertus Arnoldus van der Meij (1), Zoeterwoude

• 1863 » Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist († 1954)
• 1865 » Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright († 1947)
• 1865 » Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter († 1933)
• 1865 » Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter († 1938)
• 1867 » John Lomax, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist († 1948)
• 1876 » Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli rabbi and scholar († 1968)
• 1880 » John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1889 » Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic († 1974)
• 1890 » Friedrich Paulus, German general († 1957)
• 1895 » Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer († 1975)

• 1846 » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
• 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1877 » Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)

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 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
• 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.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
• 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).

The temperature on September 23, 1879 was about 13.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.