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• Albert van Dijk, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL († 1951)
• , Vollenhove († 1882)
• (Stillborn) OLDENHUIS, Kantens Groningen Netherlands († 1879)
• alfred pierre placide RADURIAU, cognac (16)
• Albert Versteeg (Dijk, van), Rhenen († 1951)
• Aartje Juffer, Nunspeet († 1961)
• Albert Reurink, Genemuiden († 1954)
• "André" François Marie Eugène de Meeûs, Bruxelles († 1972)
• Albert Marion Mink, Rockcastle Co,Ky († 1937)
• Adelaide de Souza Queiroz, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

• Alida Snijders (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana Donders (44), Delfshaven, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Schraven (65), Beers
• Anna Maria Dwars (90), Enschede
• Aaltje Huijbers (1), Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus van Ballekom (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anneke Berdijn, Woudrichem
• Aagje Vreugdenhil (0), Capelle aan de IJssel
• Annechien van der Veen (0), Gieterveen, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alice Laforêt (45), Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

• 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)

• 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 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
• 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.
• 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 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%.