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• Anna Clasina Maria Zomerdijk, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltje Ekhart, Amsterdam
• Noyens Maria, Turnhout, Antwerpen, België († 1958)
• Andrew Bingham, Riverdale, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1933)
• Albert Vosselman, Epe
• Agnes Gibb, Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Adriaan Schouten, Andel, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1931)
• Antje SCHILDER, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Josephus Petrus Font Freida, Vught († 1946)
• anna Maria BAART, Rotterdam

• Anna Emerentia Nieuwendorp (82), Dordrecht
• Berend Bosgoed (70), Twello (gem. Voorst)
• Berend CLEVERINGA (21), Pieterburen, Eenrum
• Bernardus Berends Bosgoed (70)
• Albertus Cornelis Spanjersberg (42), Rotterdam
• Bernardus Josephus Christianus Essink (53), Oldenzaal,Gemeente Oldenzaal,Overijssel,Netherlands
• Antje Van lemmeren (82), Amsterdam
• Berber Jans Krol (60), no. 336, Joure, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Emerentia Martijnusd NIEUWENDORP (83), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Zwep (77), Elburg

• 1871 » Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1906)
• 1874 » Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna († 1922)
• 1876 » Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author († 1899)
• 1876 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna († 1943)
• 1878 » Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager († 1934)
• 1879 » Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author († 1925)
• 1882 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria († 1957)
• 1883 » Hermann Abendroth, German conductor († 1956)
• 1887 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic († 1943)
• 1889 » Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor († 1943)

• 1847 » Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
• 1853 » Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
• 1874 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
• 1878 » Henri Victor Regnault, French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
• 1905 » Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 1908 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1821)

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 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
• October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
• 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 19, 1879 was about -3.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.