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• Adam Querido, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alewijn Boogaard, Arkel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Adriana Scheele, Axel († 1958)
• Aalt van Soeren, Nijkerk
• Adrianus Jacobus van Pesch, Amsterdam († 1972)
• Anna Ukena, Germany († 1939)
• Adrianus Aart van Hattem, Hardinxveld († 1962)
• Albert Houwaard, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Albert Vuil, Egmond aan Zee († 1918)
• Aalt van Soeren, Nijkerk

• adrianus Stevens (24), oud heusden Elshout
• Arnold Benedict Diepvens (40), Beverlo, Limburg, België
• Adrianus Oomen (90), Chaam
• Slagter, Weststellingwerf
• Arendina ROETGERINK (72), Beckum (Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• ANNA VERMAAS (60), BRIELLE
• Anna Catharina Hoogduijn (0), Den Haag
• Antje RIJS (74), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Oomen (90), Chaam
• anna VERMAAS (60), rozenburg

• 1878 » Dorothea Bate, English palaeontologist and archaeozoologist († 1951)
• 1881 » Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator († 1942)
• 1883 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet († 1953)
• 1883 » Charles Demuth, American painter († 1935)
• 1884 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1922)
• 1885 » Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic († 1966)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1885 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines († 1946)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)

• 1828 » Thomas Bewick, English engraver, illustrator and author (b.1753)
• 1830 » Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)

• 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.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
• 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 8, 1879 was about 11.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.