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• Ale BOSMAN, Rauwerderhem(Friesland)
• Aaltje Lina Klazes ten Kate, Bovensmilde (Smilde)
• alida HANOT, Pâturages (Belgium)
• Alphonsius Cornelius Antonius Lodevicus Sorel, Vlissingen († 1957)
• Posthumus, Leeuwarden († 1879)
• Abraham van ES, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Kampen, Gorinchem († 1958)
• Alida Maria Josepha Somers, Rumst
• Adriaan van Zundert, Etten-Leur
• Alphonsius Cornelius Antonius Sorel, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1957)

• Bernardus Bierman (0), Huissen
• ELSEVIERS (0), Oorderen
• Arnoldina van Rossum (1), Beuningen
• Anna Elisabeth Aerts (59), Wommelgem (Antw) België
• Anje Kladder (36), Obergum, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antien Bakker (78), Kloosterveen (Assen)
• Aart Iterson, van (67), Leiderdorp
• Anna Maria Elisabetha Dams (62), Geel, België
• Klaasje Roelofs Zeldenrust (59), Ooststellingwerf
• Aloysia Inzaghi (85), Graz, Autriche

• 1874 » Grantley Goulding, English hurdler († 1947)
• 1874 » J. C. Leyendecker, German-American painter and illustrator († 1951)
• 1876 » Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet, writer and political leader († 1964)
• 1876 » Ziya Gökalp, Turkish sociologist, poet and activist († 1924)
• 1878 » Franz Schreker, Austrian composer and conductor († 1934)
• 1880 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician, Finnish Minister of the Interior († 1922)
• 1881 » Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1881 » Lacey Hearn, American sprinter († 1969)
• 1881 » Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1882 » Emmy Noether, Jewish German-American mathematician, physicist and academic († 1935)

• 1842 » Stendhal, French novelist (b. 1783)
• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)

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.
• 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.
• May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
• 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.

The temperature on March 23, 1879 was about 4.0 °C. The air pressure was 39 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 39%.