About the day » Saturday October 4, 1879Calender converter

• Abe Popkes Stegenga, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Molenaar, Batavia, India († 1923)
• Adriana Petronella FEITH, Gennep, Limburg, Nederland
• Aagje Vreugdenhil, Capelle aan de IJssel († 1879)
• Verheezen, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1879)
• Aaltje van der Molen, Farmsum gem. Delfzijl (erkend door moeder op 02-02-1899) († 1961)
• Abraham Jansen, Vianen, Utrecht, NL († 1880)
• Adriana Petronella Feith, Gennep
• Adriana de Jong, Katwijk aan Zee,Katwijk († 1952)
• Aaltje Uiltjes Jellesma, Heeg, Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1897)

• Arendina_Wilhelmina Canne (69), Zutphen
• Adriaan de Jong (53), Gilze en Rijen
• Barnabus McCargar (79), Oxford on Rideau, Leeds Grenville, Ontario, Canada
• Adriana van der Heijden (40), Hoeven, Nederland
• Alida van Bakel (68), Lisse
• Arij Four (68), Noordwijk
• Annigje Cornelisd Van DRIEL (75), Puttershoek
• Arendina Wilhelmina Canne (69), Zutphen
• Anthonie Johannes (1) Maarschalkerweerd (0), Utrecht
• Anna Margarethe Petronella KRUIJSVELDT (33), Amsterdam

• 1868 » Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina († 1942)
• 1874 » John Ellis, English executioner († 1932)
• 1876 » Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist († 1960)
• 1877 » Razor Smith, English cricketer († 1946)
• 1879 » Robert Edwards, American artist, musician, and writer († 1948)
• 1880 » Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. († 1946)
• 1881 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal († 1948)
• 1884 » Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author († 1941)
• 1888 » Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief († 1961)
• 1888 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater († 1954)

• 1851 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)
• 1852 » James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
• 1859 » Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1871 » Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
• 1890 » Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 » Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 » Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
• 1904 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)

• 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 Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
• 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.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on October 4, 1879 was about 14.2 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.