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• Albert Hengeveld, Gaanderen (Doetinchem)
• Aaltje Pieters de Zee, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1968)
• Andrina Cornelia Sara Geensen, Biervliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Bakker, Den Helder, Netherlands
• Adrianus Lauwrentius Heijdra (Heydra), Kethel († 1879)
• Alida Albertina Jannetje Bulleman, Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verbunt, Tilburg († 1965)
• Anastasia Horemans, Koningshooikt, 2500, België († 1966)
• Seinstra, Jubbega-Schurega, Friesland, Netherlands († 1926)
• Aagje van den Enden, Mijnsheerenland, Nederland († 1879)

• Amelia AERTS (36), Kasterlee
• Alice Louisa ANSON (FITZWILLIAM) (49)
• Anna Catharina Abrahamsz (0), Willemstad, Curaçao, Nederlandse Antillen
• Adriana Lijntje Elisabeth Drescher (1), Rotterdam
• agatha angenis wilhelmina postma (7), haarlem
• Agatha Verbeij (32), Waddinxveen
• Adriaan Goedhart (13), Kattendijke, Nederland
• Alphonse KOBERLE (0), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Adolphine Joseph SANEL (50), Villers-au-Bois(62)... Hauts de France
• Aaltjen MERTENS (71), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1869 » Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician († 1937)
• 1870 » George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician († 1952)
• 1875 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1882 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist († 1944)
• 1883 » Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer († 1970)
• 1886 » Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle († 1947)
• 1887 » Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1892 » George Wilson, English footballer († 1961)
• 1892 » Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer († 1992)
• 1892 » Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian († 1984)

• 1867 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
• 1874 » Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
• 1883 » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 » Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
• 1892 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1898 » Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)

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.
• March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The temperature on January 14, 1879 was about 2.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.