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• Adriaan Koole, Wissenkerke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1880)
• Adriaan Koole, Wissenkerke († 1880)
• Alison Rollo Adamson, West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland († 1959)
• Albert Peter HUTT *, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1934)
• Albertine Wilhelmine henriette de Neeff Vergroesen, Oosterhout († 1962)
• Aaltje Douma, Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriaan Arie Dolk, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1963)
• Alfred Emile Goyette († 1924)
• Adriana Andeweg, Heerjansdam († 1956)
• Gabriël Zwarts, Beets († 1957)

• Alphonse Caveye (0), Zwevegem
• NN (0), Lanaken, LI, Belgium
• Andries Menger (0), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Céline GODISIABOIS (56), Lessines, 55023, Hainaut, Belgique
• Catherine Mary Louise MEIER (29), Waymansville, Bartholomew County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Andries Jans Menger (0), Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Heij (75), Hoogeveen
• Alphonse Van de Caveye (0), Zwevegem
• Christiaan Bernardus Balster (5), Zwolle
• Aartje Pos (54), Amsterdam

• 1867 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart († 1966)
• 1875 » Jacques Villon, French painter († 1963)
• 1877 » Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist († 1970)
• 1880 » Premchand, Indian author and playwright († 1936)
• 1883 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer († 1959)
• 1884 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician († 1945)
• 1886 » Fred Quimby, American animation producer († 1965)
• 1886 » Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss († 1931)
• 1887 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1892 » Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God († 1986)

• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)

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.
• January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
• January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.

The temperature on July 31, 1879 was about 23.3 °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 72%.