About the day » Wednesday December 17, 1879Calender converter

• ANNA JOSEPHINA JACOBA MARIA VROEMEN, Horst († 1961)
• Alexandrine Knottenbelt, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Antje Overkleeft, 's-Gravenzande († 1948)
• Antje Waker, Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1914)
• Aantje den Braven, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ada Belle Breese, Horseheads, Chemung, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Antonie Sok, Zwolle († 1954)
• Anna Josephina Jacoba Maria Vroemen, Horst
• Alphonsus Brackenier, Merelbeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1880)
• Klaas (Nick) Jansonius, Zeerijp († 1962)

• Anna Barbara Vandermeulen (71), Diest
• Alida Albers (36), Nijmegen
• Aagtje Everts Bol (76), Zoutkamp (Ulrum), Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Hendrica de Bouter (2), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Maria Lucia van Aert (50), Waalwijk
• Angenietje Feersma (74), Zwolle
• Adrianus Elias (66), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Schultze (74), Haarlem, Nederland
• Adriana de Lint (60), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aaltjen Bloemberg (84), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1866 » Kazys Grinius, Lithuanian physician and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania († 1950)
• 1873 » Ford Madox Ford, English novelist, poet, and critic († 1939)
• 1874 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada († 1950)
• 1881 » Aubrey Faulkner, South African-English cricketer and coach († 1930)
• 1884 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer († 1976)
• 1887 » Josef Lada, Czech painter and illustrator († 1957)
• 1890 » Prince Joachim of Prussia († 1920)
• 1892 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach († 1950)
• 1893 » Charles C. Banks, English captain and pilot († 1971)
• 1893 » Erwin Piscator, German director and producer († 1966)

• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄₂ hours before burning out).
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The temperature on December 17, 1879 was about -7.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.