About the day » Thursday August 21, 1879Calender converter

• Jan Hendrik Kugel, Borgsweer (Termunten) († 1943)
• Aaron Orvin Wolter, Iosco, Waseca, Minnesota, United States († 1963)
• Aaltje Bijl, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• * Adrianus (1) Baars, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, NL († 1880)
• Aaltje Jans Schonewille, Alteveer (Hoogeveen) († 1882)
• Adriaan van Minnen, Vlaardingen († 1879)
• Adolph Bernard Schulte, Amsterdam († 1969)
• Albertus Gasenbeek († 1955)
• , Marrum, Ferwerderadiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1879)
• Adriana van der Kroef, Culemborg († 1923)

• Alijda van Daatselaar (60), Putten
• Aart Bolluijt (1)
• Bauke Hendriks Schilstra (33), Nijemirdum (Gaasterland
• Bauke Schilstra (33)
• Anna Maria Kuipers (0), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arien Entius (37), Westwoud
• Bauke Hendriks Schilstra (33), Nijemirdum
• Arij Oostenrijk (92), Leiden
• Aart Bolluijt (2), Dinteloord
• Adrianus Kops (53), Roosendaal, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1869 » William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author († 1963)
• 1872 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator († 1898)
• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)
• 1887 » James Paul Moody, English sailor († 1912)
• 1891 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier († 2007)
• 1892 » Charles Vanel, French actor and director († 1989)

• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)

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.
• January 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 21, 1879 was about 24.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.