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• Alberta Schoot, Raalte († 1967)
• Andries Petrus van den Akker, delft († 1879)
• Albertus Johannes Bensing, Zutphen († 1880)
• Adriana van der Maat, Reeuwijk († 1940)
• Aloysa Maria Moonen, Wuustwezel
• Albertha Fransen, Zwartsluis, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1896)
• Aaltje Lourens, Olderbekoop († 1968)
• ADRIANUS JOSEPHUS PEERAER, MERKSPLAS,ANTWERPEN,BELGIE († 1949)
• Aartje Kok, Harderwijk Gld († 1945)
• Aaltje Meijering, Eext, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1880)

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• Adriana van Ameyde (44), Rotterdam
• Catharina Bartholomea van Run (0), Nijmegen
• Auguste Kochuyt (24), Sint-Laureins, OVL, B
• Aaltje Dekker (69), Kamperveen
• Arie Visser (0), Sliedrecht
• Catharina Bron (51), Gouda
• Abraham Peters (70), Tilburg
• Aaltje Jans Dekker (69), Kamperveen, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnes Westenberg (42), ........

• 1867 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic († 1902)
• 1869 » Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer († 1939)
• 1871 » Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher († 1942)
• 1872 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player († 1910)
• 1882 » Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland († 1975)
• 1882 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1959)
• 1888 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1923)
• 1888 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance († 1947)
• 1890 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States († 1969)
• 1892 » Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State († 1961)

• 1831 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)
• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

• 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 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

The temperature on October 14, 1879 was about 6.3 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.