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• Adrianus Paul van Baal, Alphen en Riel († 1950)
• Adriana Willeme, Essen (B) († 1957)
• Adelbert William McMachen, Northport, Leelanau, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Adriaan Paulus van Baal, Alphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Zijlmans, Waspik († 1879)
• Adriana Gerritsen, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Aloyisius Adrianus van den Heuvel, 's-Gravenhage († 1947)
• Andreas August Straalen, Groningen († 1952)
• Albert Klok, Oostzaan, Provincie Noord-Holland
• Adrianus Paulus van Baal, Alphen en Riel († 1950)

• Adriana Fransd Van Der STAAIJ (79), Heerjansdam
• Akke Feddes Teernstra (44), Bolsward
• Arie Gijsbertus Klop (0), Capelle aan den IJssel, Nederland
• Aaltje Wiebes van der Molen (74), Zuidhorn (Aduard) (Groningen)
• Aukje Martens de Vries (62), Jubbega-Schurega
• Anna Petronella Droogleever Fortuijn (2), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Antje Banning (0), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Akke Feddes Teerenstra (44), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Wessels (0), Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems)
• Amedee Chretien Joseph de la Croix d' Ogimont (34), Ath, 7800, Henegauwen, Belgium

• 1866 » Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum († 1936)
• 1867 » Louise, Princess Royal of England († 1931)
• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1882 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor († 1946)
• 1887 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1888 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author († 1948)
• 1889 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and physician († 1948)

• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)

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 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• 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 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 February 20, 1879 was about 4.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.