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• Hermina Johanna Teusink, Tubbergen († 1958)
• CLEMENT, Zwijndrecht († 1879)
• Ale Jans Stoker, Katlijk, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pos, Amsterdam
• Aagje Ros, Scheveningen
• Adriana Mijnster, Sliedrecht († 1954)
• * Hendrik Segeren, Dordrecht
• Adolph Stokdyk, Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 1953)
• Alfred Ernest Jones, Glamorgan, Wales († 1958)
• Albertus Adolphus Cornelius SIX, Ieper,8900,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• Roemer (30), Poortugaal Nederland
• Adriana Kortekaas (40), Noordwijkerhout
• Antje Libbes Veenstra (13), Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Antoine van Driel (59), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kortekaas (40), Voorhout
• Adriana van Schouwen, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara Ann Long (91), Burkittsville, Frederick, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Hovestad (32), Dodewaard, Neder Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Hoving (58), Haren
• Adam Josephs Meijer (74), Hoogeveen nederland

• 1874 » Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy († 1944)
• 1874 » Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer († 1927)
• 1877 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist († 1937)
• 1878 » Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer († 1929)
• 1879 » E. M. Forster, English author and playwright († 1970)
• 1879 » William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres († 1952)
• 1883 » William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician († 1959)
• 1884 » Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company († 1949)
• 1887 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral († 1945)
• 1888 » Georgios Stanotas, Greek general († 1965)

• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)

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.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 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.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.

The temperature on January 1, 1879 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.