About the day » Wednesday October 22, 1879Calender converter

• Aafje Beemsterboer, Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Veldhuizen van, Barneveld († 1895)
• Adriana van Velden, Monster
• Anna Jacoba Oliekan, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1961)
• Aagje Slijkerman, Medemblik
• Aagje Slijkerman, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aartje Westerhuis, Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Margaretha Kuhl, Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Margaretha Kuhl, Altharen, Haren (Ems)
• Anna Chickering Summer, Jackson,Jackson County,Mich,United States

• Bartholomeus Kromboom (0), Wissenkerke
• Aalt van de Kamp (1), Zwartebroek (Barneveld)
• Augustinus Josephus Verdonck (10), Hoofdplaat
• Aaltje Pieters de Olde (19), Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove
• Aalbertje KIND (56), Strijen
• Aaltje de Olde (19), De Leeuwte (Vollenhove, Ambt)
• Arnolda Chastillon (72), Helvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Zwart (34), verdronken op zee
• Barend Johannes van de Weijer (57), Hilversum, Nederland
• Aalbertje kind (55), Strijen,Zuid Holland,Nederland

• 1873 » Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat († 1950)
• 1873 » Rama Tirtha, Indian philosopher and educator († 1906)
• 1875 » David van Embden, Dutch economist and politician († 1962)
• 1878 » Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1967)
• 1881 » Clinton Davisson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1958)
• 1881 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist († 1908)
• 1882 » Edmund Dulac, French-English illustrator († 1953)
• 1882 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator († 1945)
• 1885 » Giovanni Martinelli, Italian tenor and actor († 1969)
• 1886 » Erik Bergman, Swedish minister († 1970)

• 1847 » Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
• 1853 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
• 1859 » Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Lewis Majendie, English politician (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (b. 1846)
• 1902 » Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
• 1914 » Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)

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 13 » In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000.
• 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.
• January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• 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.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on October 22, 1879 was about 10.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.