About the day » Saturday January 18, 1879Calender converter

• Adrianus Cornelis Wetzer, 's-Hertogenbosch Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Alexander Edward Smith, Potchefstroom (Zuid-Afrika) († 1962)
• Albertus SCHOKKER, Blesdijke († 1879)
• a Stillborn Child (van Staa), Vianen († 1879)
• Adriana van den Brand, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Booij, Oost en West Barendrecht
• Albert Jan de Weerd, Epe
• Aberdina Rondan, Lekkum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1960)
• Adriana Gijsberta van den Boogaard, Cothen († 1953)
• Adrianus Cornelis Wetzer, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)

• Adriaan de Klerk (83), Wemeldinge
• Aaltjen Kamphuis (47), Gramsbergen
• Aaltjen Sloezeman (50), Deventer
• Adriana Roozendaal (46), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Stadman (0), Zuidlaren,Drenthe,Netherlands
• Adrianus Jansen (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleijda van Kortenhof (75), Arnhem
• Adriaan BOS (64), Dordrecht
• Aleida van Kortenhof (75), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Wiersma (0), Achlum, Franekeradeel

• 1867 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat († 1916)
• 1868 » Kantarō Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan († 1948)
• 1877 » Sam Zemurray, Russian-American businessman, founded the Cuyamel Fruit Company († 1961)
• 1879 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician († 1949)
• 1880 » Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal († 1954)
• 1880 » Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic († 1933)
• 1881 » Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard († 1975)
• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1886 » Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator († 1962)
• 1888 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot († 1989)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

• 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.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The temperature on January 18, 1879 was about 0.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.