About the day » Saturday September 6, 1879Calender converter

• Aart Lagendijk, Hoogvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Lemaire, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis († 1910)
• Albert Bal, Scheveningen († 1880)
• Albert Bal, Scheveningen († 1880)
• Alphonsius Sarasijn, Eede, 4529, Sluis, Zeeland, Nl
• Anna Maria Drese, Waalwijk
• Heemskerk, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Reijnders, Beugen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Alonzo Dunham Potter, Gurnee, Warren Township, Lake, Illinois, United States († 1957)
• Ada Flowers Babson, Ash, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1950)

• Alfred George Farquhar Bernard (55), Singapore
• Antonetta Maria Johanna (Leermans ~ Lurmans) Luurmans (0), Eindhoven
• Bastiana Margaretha Slotboom (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Balen (59), 's-Gravenhage
• Bastiaantje van Driel (13), Dubbeldam
• Aaltje Kruit (0), Hillegersberg
• Bastiana Margaretha Slotboom (0), Maassluis,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda van Offeren (73), Culemborg, Nederland
• Arie Steenbergen (0), Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina MUHREN (0), Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1868 » Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1947)
• 1869 » Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic († 1945)
• 1869 » Walford Davies, English organist and composer († 1941)
• 1876 » John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1879 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1956)
• 1879 » Max Schreck, German actor († 1936)
• 1885 » Otto Kruger, American actor († 1974)
• 1888 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom († 1969)
• 1889 » Louis Silvers, American composer († 1954)
• 1890 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer († 1960)

• 1836 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
• 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
• 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)

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 13 » In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on September 6, 1879 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.