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• (Stillborn) OLDENHUIS, Kantens Groningen Netherlands († 1879)
• André Frans Maria Eugene Graaf Meeûs d'Argenteuil, Brussel († 1972)
• Andre Francois Marie de MEEUS d'ARGENTEUIL, Brussels (Bruxelles-Capitale), Brussels Capital Region, Belgie († 1972)
• Aartje Juffer, Nunspeet († 1961)
• Adrianus Cornelis Streng, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel († 1931)
• Andries Roossien, Eexterveenschekanaal, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)
• Albert van Dijk, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL († 1951)
• André François Marie Eugène de MEEÛS d'ARGENTEUIL, Bruxelles, 1000, Bruxelles, Bruxelles Capitale, BELGIQUE († 1972)
• Aaltje IJmker, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Anko Geerts Guikema, Ezinga († 1962)

• Anna Snellinckx (51), Rijkevorsel
• (Stillborn) OLDENHUIS (0), Kantens Groningen Netherlands
• Arie Duineveld
• ANTHONIUS ADRIANUS MAAT (0), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arend Kamphuis (39), Windeweer
• Bartjen Aalts Boonen (75), Horst (Ermelo)
• Annechien van der Veen (0), Gieterveen, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltjen ten Brinke (47), Wierden
• Aagje Vreugdenhil (0), Capelle aan de IJssel
• Alida HUIBERTS (1)

• 1874 » Clarence Day, American author and poet († 1935)
• 1876 » Victor Hémery, French race car driver († 1950)
• 1880 » Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall († 1952)
• 1882 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian-American soprano († 1963)
• 1882 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist († 1959)
• 1882 » Jacques Maritain, French philosopher and author († 1973)
• 1882 » Wyndham Lewis, English painter and critic († 1957)
• 1883 » Carl Vinson, American judge and politician († 1981)
• 1886 » Ferenc Münnich, Hungarian soldier and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1967)
• 1888 » Frances Marion, American screenwriter, novelist and journalist († 1973)

• 1830 » Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (b. 1748)
• 1841 » Agustín Gamarra, Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (b. 1785)
• 1852 » Rose Philippine Duchesne, French-American nun and saint (b. 1769)
• 1886 » Chester A. Arthur, American general, lawyer, and politician, 21st President of the United States (b. 1829)
• 1889 » William Allingham, Irish-English poet and scholar (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Renée Vivien, English-French poet (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Marcel Proust, French author and critic (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona Italian race car driver, explorer, and politician (b. 1871)
• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)

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 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• 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.
• 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 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.

The temperature on November 18, 1879 was about 9.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.