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• Adriaan Weststrate, Kruiningen
• Antonetta Harting, 's-Gravenhage († 1926)
• Anna Maria SCHUURBIERS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, NEDERLAND († 1893)
• Annigje STEENHOEK, Westmaas († 1954)
• Aeiltina Polter, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1956)
• Adriana van den Broek, Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1970)
• Anna Cornelia Gommers, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nl († 1879)
• Ankje Jans Jeltema, Oenkerk, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1932)
• Anna Catharina Buitendijk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Poppe, Lokeren, Belgium († 1921)

• Anton Oßwald (6), Inzigkofen
• Apolonia MUIJS (60)
• Anna Maria Gertruda Kellenaers (0), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Robbesom (0), Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Warners Brongersma (62), Uithuizermeeden
• Aaltje Brongersma (62), Uithuizermeeden
• Antonia Geertruida Torenent (22), Schiedam
• Aaltje Roelofs van Steenwijk (26), Amsterdam
• Aagje Noordzij (0), Charlois
• Aaltje Brongersma (62), Uithuizermeeden

• 1875 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower († 1953)
• 1877 » Pat Leahy, Irish-American jumper († 1927)
• 1879 » Hans Meerwein, German chemist († 1965)
• 1882 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1883 » Faisal I of Iraq († 1933)
• 1886 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded the Galatasaray Sports Club († 1951)
• 1894 » Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian guru and scholar († 1994)
• 1895 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B († 1937)
• 1897 » Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish economist and author († 1983)
• 1897 » Malcolm Nokes, English hammer and discus thrower († 1986)

• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)
• 1873 » George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (b. 1814)
• 1880 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist (b. 1814)
• 1896 » Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (b. 1819)
• 1909 » Ernest Hogan, American actor and composer (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Valentine Fleming, Scottish soldier and politician (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Bogd Khan, Mongolian ruler (c. 1869)

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.
• 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.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
• July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.

The temperature on May 20, 1879 was about 17.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 47%.