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• Adriaan Cornelis van Croonenburg, Goirle, NB Netherlands († 1960)
• Andrieske Klazes Hettinga, Idzega (WYM), Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)
• Adriana Catharina de Beer, Tilburg
• Adrianus van Laarhoven, Boxtel († 1947)
• Aartje Nouwen, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
• Alle Wybrens de Vries († 1879)
• Adriana de Jong, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Adriana de Jong, Hoeven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Aafje Zwagerman, Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1915)
• Alida blonk, Woerden († 1884)

• Barbara Theresia Van Acker (80), Wevelgem (Moorsele), West-Vlaanderen, België
• Antje SCHRIPSEMA (5), De Waarden (Grijpskerk) Groningen Netherlands
• Amelia Francisca Vanderheyd (63), Geluwe
• Aries Hendriks Til, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Antonius Rijnders (0), Rotterdam
• Alijda, Anna Hasselbach (44), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bobeldijk (59), Monnickendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagt Worst (87), Zwartsluis
• Adriaan Gorissen (73), gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Knol (64), Radewijk

• 1869 » Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author († 1930)
• 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)
• 1876 » Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1913)
• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)

• 1822 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:

• 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 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• 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.
• July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

The temperature on October 16, 1879 was about 5.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.