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• Alida Pekelder, Musselkanaal († 1958)
• Angela MICHIELS, Appels († 1961)
• Adélaide Augustine CHEDEMAIL, Janzé, 35150, France
• - levenloos vr.kind- Wentink, Utrecht († 1879)
• Kroon, Ter Apel, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1879)
• Van Gils Gerardus Joannes, Gilze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• Albert Jan Leideman, Venebrugge († 1916)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter van van Tol, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1879)
• Adrianus Schol, Tilburg († 1889)
• Alida van Opstal, Rhoon († 1912)

• Adolf Hendrik Putman Cramer (35), Jatinegara (Meester Cornelis), Jakarta, Java
• Jung (0), Hof van Delft
• Adriaantje Driesprong (54), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Jacobs Bosma (76), Kollumerzwaag,Frl
• (zonder naam) Gremmen (0), Appeltern
• Alexander "White Sandy" Oag (69), Sarclet, Wick, Caithness, Scotland
• Antje Jacobs Bosma (76), Kollumerzwaag
• Alberdina Olthof (1), Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Koenraad Simons (72), Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Galesloot (0), Jutphaas

• 1870 » Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator († 1945)
• 1872 » G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1873 » John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist († 1949)
• 1875 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic († 1956)
• 1876 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player († 1971)
• 1876 » Thomas Hicks, American runner († 1952)
• 1878 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1952)
• 1885 » Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist († 1977)
• 1887 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author († 1948)
• 1888 » Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician († 1954)

• 1843 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
• 1866 » Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
• 1866 » John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
• 1867 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1920 » Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)

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 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
• July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄₂ hours before burning out).
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on January 11, 1879 was about -7.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.