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• adriaantje van NIEUWENHUIZEN, zuidland († 1943)
• Aaffien Meeske, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands († 1959)
• Achilles Aloïse VERCAMST, Waregem
• Alojzija Forte, Trbovlje, Trbovlje, Slovenia († 1972)
• Adriaantje van NIEUWENHUIZEN, Zuidland († 1943)
• Adolphine Desloovere, Waregem (W-VL) België († 1879)
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• Albert Vos, Slagharen († 1918)
• Albert Willard Gibbons, Warren Township, Belmont County, Ohio († 1883)
• Aleida Meinderts Zwart, Huizum († 1949)

• Antonius Wilhelmus van Beijnen (62), 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
• Antonia van der Made (1), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Todd ?**** (10)
• Anna Rusting (2), Schagen
• Anthonie Beurmanjer (50), Baarn
• Annechien Holthuis (61), Bunne (Vries)
• Catharina van de Wetering (0), Oud-Beijerland, Nederland
• "Félix" Alexandre d'Auber de Peyrelongue (84), château de Beaupuy, Beaupuy, Lot-et-Garonne, France
• Antonij Werneke (73), Appingedam
• (1) Antje de Boer (55), Zwaag, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland

• 1871 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop († 1940)
• 1873 » Carl Flesch, Hungarian violinist and educator († 1944)
• 1873 » Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens († 1939)
• 1873 » Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer († 1916)
• 1874 » Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist and painter († 1947)
• 1877 » Gopabandhu Das, Indian journalist, poet, and activist († 1928)
• 1879 » Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1960)
• 1880 » Charlie Faust, American baseball player († 1915)
• 1883 » Maria Filotti, Greek-Romanian actress († 1956)
• 1886 » Rube Marquard, American baseball player and manager († 1980)

• 1831 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, Russian-Greek lawyer and politician, Governor of Greece (b. 1776)
• 1873 » George Ormerod, English historian and author (b. 1785)
• 1897 » Jan Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniel's (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Valery Bryusov, Russian author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)
• 1934 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia, King of Yugoslavia also known as Alexander the Unifier (b. 1888)
• 1934 » Louis Barthou, French union leader and politician, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Wilfred Grenfell, English-American physician and missionary (b. 1865)

• 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 Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
• January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
• December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

The temperature on October 9, 1879 was about 12.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.