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• Ann Maude Johnson
• Abraham van Wieringen, Haarlemmermeer († 1960)
• Aaltje Van Ossenbrugge, Kampen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1959)
• Alida Catharina Hermina Eeftens, Rotterdam († 1961)
• Alfons Vercauteren, Temse († 1960)
• Aaltje van Ossenbruggen, Kampen
• Anna Jelles Fijlstra, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Tuinstra, Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus SUIJKERBUIJK, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)
• Abraham van Essen, rotterdam (zuid holland) († 1931)

• Antje Bloem (70), Zaandam
• Cornelis DIRKSE (80), Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• van den Haspel, Nieuw-Lekkerland
• Bronger Lucas Brunia (29), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Jansen (29), Heteren (Nl)
• Alida Maria MENS (5), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Willemina Kandel (25), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria de Boer (28), Ezinge
• Catharina Maria de Boer (27), Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Ceulemans (52), Berlaarsesteenweg 122, Lier

• 1875 » Marie of Romania († 1938)
• 1877 » Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film producer († 1966)
• 1877 » Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1879 » Alva B. Adams, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
• 1879 » Franz von Papen, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1969)
• 1880 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic († 1960)
• 1881 » John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower († 1930)
• 1882 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright († 1944)
• 1883 » Victor Hochepied, French swimmer and water polo player († 1966)
• 1891 » Fanny Brice, American actress and singer († 1951)

• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)
• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)

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.
• 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.
• April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
• 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.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.

The temperature on October 29, 1879 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.