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• Alberta Hensbergen, Vleuten
• Alle Ydes Raap, Wouterswoude, Friesland, Nederland († 1880)
• Adriana Berkelaar, Vinkeveen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1913)
• Alle Raap, Dantumadeel († 1880)
• Albertus Hopman, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1916)
• Abraham HOLLEMAN Jzn, Nieuwe-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1964)
• Anna Krina Suvaal, Middelburg
• Anna Catharina Josephina Brull, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1959)
• Anna * de Haan, Oosterblokker, 1696, Nederland († 1968)
• Amalric Bazin, Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

• Aaldert Jakobs Scholten (72)
• Batje Vreeze (88), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Antonius Reijnen (78), Ooij, NL
• Aaltje Heijkoop (70), Nigtevecht
• Anna Raaijmakers (63), Dinteloord
• Adrianus Maria Dessing (0), naaldwijk, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hazenberg (46), Liempde, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Barbera Cornelia Westerbach (44), Rijswijk, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Raaijmakers (63), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Verboon (0), Vlaardingen

• 1868 » Edgar Lee Masters, American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright († 1950)
• 1872 » Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Andhra († 1957)
• 1875 » Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor († 1946)
• 1875 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer († 1966)
• 1877 » István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic († 1959)
• 1880 » Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author († 1932)
• 1883 » Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1953)
• 1884 » Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1937)
• 1884 » Will Cuppy, American author and critic († 1949)
• 1890 » Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1971)

• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)

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 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• 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.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on August 23, 1879 was about 21.8 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.