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• Anna Catharina Adriaansen, Hooge en Lage Mierde, Gemeente Reusel-De Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Neder († 1880)
• Anna Elisabeth Engel, Bremen-Vegesack,,Germany
• Aleida Catharina Meinderts Zwart, Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Vos, Slagharen
• Anna Catharina Gubbels, Stevensweert († 1936)
• Anna Catharina Adriaansen († 1880)
• Adriaantje Nieuwenhuizen, Zuidland († 1943)
• Adrianus Dionisius Ammerdorffer, Tilburg († 1881)
• Aafien Meeske, Beerta (gem. Oldambt) († 1959)
• Anna Maria Moors, Herten, Roermond

• Catharina van de Wetering (0), Oud-Beijerland
• Anna Maria Franken (24), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonij Werneke (73), Appingedam
• (1) Antje de Boer (55), Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Annis Corbin (78)
• Christiaan Rovers (60), Dinther, NL
• Catharina van de Wetering (0), Oud-Beijerland, Nederland
• de Jong, Leiden
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Feijts (0), Merkelbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Wubben (18), Vrijeban

• 1871 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop († 1940)
• 1873 » Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1944)
• 1873 » Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens († 1939)
• 1873 » Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer († 1916)
• 1874 » Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter († 1947)
• 1877 » Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist († 1928)
• 1879 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1960)
• 1880 » Charlie Faust, American baseball player († 1915)
• 1883 » Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress († 1956)
• 1886 » Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager († 1980)

• 1831 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
• 1873 » George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)

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.
• January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• 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 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
• October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.

The temperature on October 9, 1879 was about 12.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.