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• Aalbertus Haarman, Maartensdijk († 1908)
• Anna Cornelia Brouwers, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1880)
• Alice de RIDDER, Borgerhout
• Aart Johannes van Bruinessen, Beesd, Gelderland, Nederland († 1972)
• Adrianus Haring, Rotterdam († 1959)
• Anna Catharina Verstappen, Nederweert, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Louise Petiet, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aldert Eelkes Veenstra, Hardegarijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)
• Adrianus Johannes Godes, Ginneken en Bavel († 1954)
• Ada B Alred, Georgia († 1936)

• Bertha Benjamins
• (3), Oostende, België
• (1) Geertje Mol (56), Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Barbara Kapteijn (40), Zevenhuizen
• Antonia Maria Koek (15), Deventer
• Adriana Cornelia de Feijter (0), Terneuzen, ZL, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna Kooijer (18), Epe-Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• ? Mampaey, Willebroek (Antwerpen, België)
• Antonia Maria Koek (15), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Reichgeld (67), Middelburg

• 1870 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician († 1925)
• 1873 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner († 1935)
• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)
• 1890 » Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator († 1977)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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 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.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

The temperature on November 5, 1879 was about 6.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.