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• Alexander Johannes Wijnmalen, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
• Langenberg, Gerardina van de, Boxtel († 1956)
• Aartje Ingetje Klok, Rockanje
• Anna Cornelia Zijm, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1898)
• Adrianus Willemse, Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1897)
• Adriaantje Klijn, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Cornelia Zijm, Den Burg († 1898)
• Adriana Maria Johanna Zuur, den haag († 1960)
• Anna Maria Böhm, Velsen († 1880)
• Rijke, Utrecht († 1879)

• Albert Koster (0), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld)
• Anna Louisa Isabella Elizabeth, Gravin von Ranzow (83)
• Annigjen Timmer (78), Den Helder
• Albert Hendriks Koster (0), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen) 136
• Annetje, Annigje, Timmer (78), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Martens (0), Mierlo
• Arend van der Harg (80), Rotterdam
• Agatha Francisca D'havé (78), Eeklo
• abraham cornelis vermeer (0), stompwijk
• Annigjen Timmer (78), Den Helder,, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1872 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player († 1950)
• 1875 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier († 1987)
• 1878 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer († 1955)
• 1881 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army († 1945)
• 1884 » Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1886 » Frank Clement, British racing driver († 1970)
• 1888 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author († 1921)
• 1890 » Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic († 1977)
• 1894 » Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist († 1947)
• 1894 » Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor († 1981)

• 1844 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 1849 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
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.
• January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• 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.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.

The temperature on June 15, 1879 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.