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• Aartje Andeweg, Heinenoord, Nederland
• Albert Hoolhorst, Utrecht
• Aartje Andeweg (Andewegh,Aendewegh,An de Weg), Heinenoord, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Bekhoven, Roosendaal († 1879)
• Aaltje Diepeveen, Veenendaal († 1902)
• Alijda ♀ van Bottenburg, Amersfoort († 1958)
• ALOISIUS VAN DEN BRANDEN, STEKENE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• "Henri" Marie Bernard Cavelier de Cuverville, Sainte-Tréphine, Côtes-d'Armor, France († 1935)
• Aartje Andeweg, Heinenoord
• Adriaan Singels, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• Akke Taekes Bontekoe (79), Blija
• Auguste WEISS (0), Burnhaupt-le-Bas, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE
• Abraham Quist (48), Rilland, Zuid-Beveland,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie Roeloffs (1), Alkemade
• Anna Barbera Bisschop (30), Alkemade
• Antonius Markus (0), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albert Alwin Zeising (0), Reideburg, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
• Anna Lehner (43), Eferding, Eferding, Oberösterreich, Oostenrijk
• Annegien Hendriks van Wout (269)
• Annie Todd McClure (22), Frankfort, Franklin, KY

• 1864 » T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician († 1924)
• 1870 » Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1935)
• 1872 » Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player († 1931)
• 1877 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors († 1963)
• 1884 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter († 1958)
• 1884 » Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author († 1937)
• 1885 » Jean Peyrière, French actor († 1965)
• 1885 » Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic († 1962)
• 1889 » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger († 1947)
• 1895 » Alfred Neuland, Estonian weightlifter († 1966)

• 1857 » George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
• 1872 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
• 1875 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
• 1876 » Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
• 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
• 1901 » Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
• 1913 » Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
• 1914 » Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)
• 1918 » Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1841)

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.
• February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 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 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• 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 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.

The temperature on October 10, 1879 was about 10.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.