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• "Marie Frédérique" Isabelle de Milly van Heiden-Reinestein, Zuidlaren, Tynaarlo, Pays-Bas († 1959)
• Albertus Sibbing, Tull en 'T Waal († 1956)
• Adriaan Verburg, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adèle Louise Eugénie Popp, Solok, Sumatra
• Aarnout Aarnoutse, Vrouwenpolder († 1959)
• Aleida Maria Weijenberg, Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pleiter, Kamperveen (Gem. Kampen) († 1880)
• Albertus Hermanus Westerhof, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Alberta van Andel, Woudrichem († 1932)
• alberdina maria ramaker, munsterscheveld († 1880)

• Adelheid Wilhelmine Sophie Ottilie ZU BENTHEIM UND STEINFURT (39), Bingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Adelheid van Bentheim-Steinfurt (39), Bingen, Germany
• Adriaan van Buuren, Meeuwen, Noord Brabant
• Aaltje Veuger (4), Hollandscheveld
• Aartje BAARDMAN (36)
• Agneta Dorethea Steinhagen (87), Vorwerk (Poel), Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Kirchdorf/Insel Poel
• Anna Bloemhof (79), Bladel en Netersel
• Aan Jinnes de Haan (84), Eestrum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adelheid Wilhelmina Sophia Ottilie Prinses van Bentheim-Steinfurt (39), Bingen-am-Rhein, Rheinland-Palts
• Aaltje Berends Veuger (4), Hollandsche Veldt (Hoogeveen)

• 1865 » Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist († 1940)
• 1865 » Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader, founded BAPS († 1951)
• 1868 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1872 » Zane Grey, American author († 1939)
• 1881 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1884 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan († 1955)
• 1884 » Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1963)
• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)
• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)
• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)

• 1828 » Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
• 1836 » John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Hendrika
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Jacoba
15. Geertruida
16. Antje

• 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 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.
• May 13 » In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
• June 7 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Arica, the assault and capture of Morro de Arica (Arica Cape), ends the Campaña del Desierto (Desert Campaign).
• July 27 » Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
• August 14 » Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
• September 16 » The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the United States' oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
• November 11 » Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.

The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.