About the day » Saturday December 13, 1879Calender converter

• Albert Berkelder, Wisch († 1953)
• Adriana van Bodegom, Spijkenisse
• Agatha Berdina van Vianen, Rotterdam (Z-H) († 1897)
• Aletta Pellikaan, Andel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert FOLKES #8749*a03x1, Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia
• Adriana GRANDIA, Marienwaerdt (gemeente Beesd) († 1888)
• Abraham Remijnse, Wolphaartsdijk († 1924)
• ? ? († 1960)
• Albert BERKELDER, Wisch, Nederland, Gelderland, Silvolde († 1953)
• de Ridder, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Anna Maria Josephina Straver (70), Haarlem
• Agatha Petronella Maria Langelaan (0), Delft
• Agatha Petronella Maria Langelaan (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Brom (9), Barneveld-Essen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Smid (29), Groningen
• Adriana van den Burg (66), Pijnacker
• Adrianus van Bruggen (63), Leiden
• Adriaantje Oprel (8), Nieuw Beijerland
• Alphonsus Marchand (0), Woumen (Diksmuide)
• 'n Levenloos geboren dochter Couzijn (0), Ter Aar (Korteraar)

• 1867 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and author († 1917)
• 1870 » Edward LeSaint, American actor and director († 1940)
• 1871 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author († 1945)
• 1874 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator († 1944)
• 1882 » Jane Edna Hunter, African-American social worker († 1971)
• 1883 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer († 1950)
• 1884 » Aimilios Veakis, Greek actor, director, and playwright († 1951)
• 1885 » Annie Dale Biddle Andrews, American mathematician († 1940)
• 1887 » Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient († 1964)
• 1887 » George Pólya, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic († 1985)

• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1863 » Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1868 » Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist and explorer (b. 1794)
• 1881 » August Šenoa, Croatian author and poet (b. 1838)
• 1883 » Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (b. 1816)
• 1895 » Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (b. 1800)
• 1908 » Augustus Le Plongeon, French photographer and historian (b. 1825)
• 1919 » Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (b. 1850)

• 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 Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
• February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.

The temperature on December 13, 1879 was about -3.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.