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• van der Heijden, Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Rensing, Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Hubertina Leontina DE BAERDEMAEKER, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1947)
• Alida Maria Ammerlaan, Aarlanderveen († 1960)
• Aloise Medard CASTELEIN, Bavikhove († 1943)
• Agatha van Reijendam, Spaarndam
• Agnes Hubertina Burhenne, Roermond, 6040, Nederland († 1959)
• Adrianus van der Ham, Wassenaar, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Alida Johanna van Vuuren, sprang capelle († 1879)
• Ada Wright, Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa († 1964)

• Antje van Straten- (61), Castricum, Nederland
• Arendje KRANSSE Gdr (1)
• Anne Gerrits Gerritsma (37), Bolsward, Provincie Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Goekoop (63), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Antje Lolkema (63)
• Antje van Straaten (61), Castricum,Gemeente Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Henry Davis (20), Cardington, Morrow, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elisabeth Wellens (54), Koersel, Limburg, België
• Antje Foppes Lolkema (63), Wijnjeterp
• Alijda Cornelia Catharina Endel (76), Etten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1873 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings († 1957)
• 1875 » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece († 1950)
• 1876 » Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic († 1960)
• 1877 » Josephine Hull, American actress († 1957)
• 1880 » Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer († 1960)
• 1883 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1967)
• 1883 » Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower († 1963)
• 1884 » Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer († 1948)
• 1885 » Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman († 1912)
• 1886 » John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author († 1950)

• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)

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.
• January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
• January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.

The temperature on January 3, 1879 was about 1.9 °C. There was 15 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.