About the day » Friday October 24, 1879Calender converter

• Antonie Branger, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1879)
• Antonie Bernardus Gros, Zwolle († 1908)
• Alice Virginia McDonald, Scio, Linn County, Oregon, United States († 1954)
• Adriana Jacoba Smits, Den Haag
• Aaltje Hinrichs Stellan, Großefehn
• Albertina Cornelia Dobbelaar, Emmerik (D) († 1955)
• Annegien KOOPS, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (Stillborn) NEUT, Hornhuizen (Kloosterburen) Groningen Netherlands († 1879)
• Alfonse Alfred Piccard, Jeuk, België
• Anna Wilhelmina GRAMKOW († 1953)

• van Amen (0), Vrijenban, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Arie Anthonie Kalkman (0), Ridderkerk
• Annechien Hendriks (81), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annechien Hendriks Sloots (81), Anloo, Nederland
• Arend van Drongelen, Sprang Capelle
• Adriana Catharina Visser (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechien Sloots (81), Anloo, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adriana Verbeek (76), Ommeren
• (Stillbirth) NEUT (0), Hornhuizen, Kloosterburen
• Antoon Gerritsen (40), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1868 » Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author († 1969)
• 1872 » Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper († 1957)
• 1875 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer († 1958)
• 1876 » Saya San, Burmese monk and activist († 1931)
• 1879 » B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer († 1956)
• 1882 » Sybil Thorndike, English actress († 1976)
• 1884 » Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor († 1944)
• 1885 » Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet († 1969)
• 1887 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot († 1917)
• 1887 » Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg († 1969)

• 1821 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)

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.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• 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 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄₂ hours before burning out).

The temperature on October 24, 1879 was about 10.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.