About the day » Sunday January 26, 1879Calender converter

• Alida Wijnker, Sijbekarspel († 1963)
• Evers, Vriezenveen († 1879)
• Alida Wijnker, Sijbekarspel († 1963)
• Adriana van Rijsbergen, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Meulenbroeks, Bladel
• Albert Plekkenpol, Laren Gld († 1927)
• Adrianus Constantinus Eysackers, Zandvliet, Provincie Antwerpen († 1880)
• Albert ^ Mink, (FR) Lemsterland
• Adrianus Hensen, Rotterdam
• Pelser, Hatert, Gld.NL († 1943)

• Aaltje Briek (82), Drouwenermond, Drenthe, Nederland
• Evers (0), Vriezenveen
• Adriana Wilhelmina Lengkeek (47), Rotterdam
• Alexander Schoorens (70), Hulsberg
• Aaltje (82), Drouwenermond
• Anna Petronella Wieman (62), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Hartley (78), Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Aaltje Scholte (2), Klijndijk Odoorn
• Annigje Boer (70), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Achillus de Vree (0), Temse

• 1877 » Kees van Dongen, Dutch painter († 1968)
• 1878 » Dave Nourse, English-South African cricketer and coach († 1948)
• 1880 » Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)
• 1885 » Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician († 1959)
• 1885 » Per Thorén, Swedish figure skater († 1962)
• 1887 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic († 1968)
• 1887 » François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist († 1915)
• 1887 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot († 1947)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)

• 1860 » Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)

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.
• 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.
• July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
• September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
• 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.

The temperature on January 26, 1879 was about -0.6 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.