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• Alfred Florentin Constantijn Prins van Salm en Salm-Salm, Slot Anholt, Isselburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen († 1952)
• Aart Schaap, Ilpendam
• Aaltje Everts de Ruijter, Baarn († 1933)
• Adriana SLUIMER, Vlaardinger Ambacht
• Karsten, Gemeente Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1879)
• Ada Sofia Augustsson, Norum (O)
• Vroomen, Maastricht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Slotboom, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Aart Schaap, Ilpendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Albert John SCHOLTEN, Graafschap, MI († 1950)

• Aaltje [Alberts] PRINS, Nijehaske (Haskerland) Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Gijsbertha Reintjes (0), Bussum
• Adrianus (Arie) GALESLOOT (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aarnout Westveer (63), Oudelande
• Alle Alserda (52), Noordwijk, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Aantje Verrips (90), Giessen-Nieuwkerk
• Alida Maria Johannesdr van den Bos (0), Delft
• Allegonda Raaijmakers (44), Son en Breugel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Verrips (90), Giessen-Nieuwkerk
• Alida van Holsteijn (0), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1873 » Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1874 » Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1874 » Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic († 1949)
• 1876 » Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming († 1977)
• 1878 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player († 1938)
• 1879 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer († 1963)
• 1881 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence († 1957)
• 1881 » Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general († 1944)
• 1882 » Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer († 1984)
• 1888 » Joe Slater, Australian footballer and captain († 1917)

• 1830 » John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
• 1846 » Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
• 1872 » Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
• 1883 » Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1894 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)
• 1918 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)

• 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 13 » In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000.
• 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.
• February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.

The temperature on November 29, 1879 was about -1.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.