About the day » Thursday December 11, 1879Calender converter

• Aart Verrips, Everdingen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1977)
• Adriaan Marinus Heijmans, Oisterwijk (Oisterwijk) (Noord Brabant)
• Alberdina Wendt, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1920)
• Aaltje Dalhuisen, Oene (Gem. Epe) († 1911)
• Adella Lindsay Burbank, Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1964)
• Albertje Krikke, Opsterland († 1920)
• Aaldert Vos, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1910)
• Aart Bruijnis, waarder (zuid holland)
• Aaltje Doornebosch, Epe-Oene, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Jacobs Krikke, Terwispel, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1920)

• Anna Emerentia Haanstra (9), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Reinders Houwen (82), Meerland gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Sluiters, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Petronella van Der Waerden (0), Tilburg Noord-Brabant Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Goerg RUTTE (0), Dordrecht
• Agatha Cornelia Bakker (44), Megen (Haren en Macharen.), Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje van Dorresteijn (78), Soest
• Anna Rödel (35), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Heijgele (78), Maastricht
• Matthijs van Dongen (77), Waspik

• 1872 » René Bull, British illustrator and photographer († 1942)
• 1873 » Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician and academic († 1967)
• 1875 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Moldovan-Israeli rabbi and politician († 1962)
• 1880 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire († 1951)
• 1882 » Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City († 1947)
• 1882 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1882 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet († 1921)
• 1884 » Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player († 1961)
• 1889 » Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm († 1981)
• 1890 » Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor († 1935)

• 1826 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria (b. 1797)
• 1840 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (b. 1771)
• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)

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.
• March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

The temperature on December 11, 1879 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.