About the day » Monday November 17, 1879Calender converter

• Achille Firmin Vandeputte, Harelbeke, West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium († 1949)
• ADRIANA VAN DIJK, NAALDWIJK († 1929)
• Aaltje Klaasen Buisman, Blokzijl, Nederland († 1884)
• Adrianus Francois Briels, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1880)
• Aaltien Veurink, Noordsleen (Sleen), Dr, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriksdr. Metselaar, Zwartsluis († 1880)
• Adriaantje BAKELAAR Adr, Den Bommel, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Adrianus François Briels, Vlijmen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 1880)
• Alda Teixeira Penteado, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1967)
• ACHIEL DE SMET, Elsegem,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België

• Anna Trijntje Willems Naber (62), Terschelling
• Arie van Hulsteij(y)n (1), Nijmegen (GL) NED
• Baalman Baalman (60), Holte,Gemeente Stadskanaal,Groningen,Nederland
• Catharina Elisabeth SMEETS (39), Neeroeteren,3680,Limbourg,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Boelo Baalman (60), Onstwedde
• Antonetta Willems (29), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Ate Kooistra (20), Grootegast
• Antonius BOSCH (60), Lobith, 1610, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abel Huisman (24), Baflo
• Angenita Arendina van der Kwast (2), 's-Gravenhage

• 1866 » Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist († 1912)
• 1868 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic († 1918)
• 1877 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman († 1943)
• 1878 » Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player († 1963)
• 1878 » Grace Abbott, American social worker († 1939)
• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)
• 1891 » Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director († 1949)
• 1895 » Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet († 1966)
• 1896 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher († 1934)

• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)
• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)

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.
• 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.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
• July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The temperature on November 17, 1879 was about 6.6 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.