About the day » Saturday January 4, 1879Calender converter

• van der Hoop, Steendijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 1879)
• Alexander Young, Camden, Cravens, South Carolina
• van der Woude, Suameer († 1879)
• Anna Margaretha Mescher, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Schipper, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Kool, Amersfoort
• "Karl" Ludwig Wilhelm Georg Elimar von Hessen-Darmstadt, Trier, Allemagne († 1920)
• Adriaan Winkelaar, Oosthuizen
• Adrianus VAN DER HAM, wassenaar
• Wisse, Zoutelande

• Arie van Brenk (1), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van der Hoop (0), Steendijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaantje Maria Dubbelman (0)
• Anna Jacoba van den Berg (65), Zwartsluis
• Antonia Jans van der Heide (85), Nieuwe Pekela
• Adriaantje Maria Dubbelman (0), Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland
• Adriyana Ouwendijk (79), Overschie
• Arie Rijvordt (34), Amsterdam
• annigje (anna jakoba) van den berg (65), zwartsluis
• Antje Hedzers Fokkema (83), Tietjerksteradeel

• 1869 » Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire († 1960)
• 1874 » Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer († 1935)
• 1877 » Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet († 1943)
• 1878 » A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer († 1957)
• 1878 » Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator († 1961)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor († 1919)
• 1883 » Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic († 1961)
• 1883 » Max Eastman, American author and poet († 1969)
• 1884 » Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator († 1958)
• 1889 » M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India († 1963)

• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)
• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)

• 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 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• 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.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• 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.
• 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).

The temperature on January 4, 1879 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.