About the day » Tuesday December 23, 1879Calender converter

• Antonius Alexander Ebeling, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Anton Luttik, Wormerveer († 1880)
• Adrianus Bertens, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1880)
• Albertus Hes, Limmen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1958)
• Anna Bank, Szuc, Poland
• Adriana van Bodegom, Spijkenisse, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Franciscus Marquardt, Rotterdam
• Adrianus van Wamelen, Schiedam
• Anna Arends Nauta, AEngwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Buisman, Blokzijl

• Abraham Levie Stork (75), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Franciscus Moerwijk (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Levie Stork (75), Amsterdam
• Agatha Abrahamina Pijnappel (29)
• Amelia Verhaeghe (76), Lichtervelde
• Antonius Gloudemans (44), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Koekenbier (12), Abcoude-Baambrugge, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Klaasse Vreeken (85), Aalsmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Anthonia Francisca Brokx (1), Delft
• Anna Gertrudis Janssen (74), Breda

• 1867 » Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman and philanthropist, founded the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company († 1919)
• 1870 » John Marin, American architect and painter († 1953)
• 1878 » Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American engineer and academic († 1972)
• 1885 » Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver († 1964)
• 1894 » Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer († 1976)
• 1895 » Nola Luxford, New Zealand-American actress and broadcaster († 1994)
• 1896 » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author († 1957)
• 1900 » Marie Bell, French actress and stage director († 1985)
• 1900 » Merle Barwis, American-Canadian supercentenarian († 2014)
• 1900 » Otto Soglow, American cartoonist († 1975)

• 1834 » Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist and demographer (b. 1766)
• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)

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 13 » In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000.
• February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• 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 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.

The temperature on December 23, 1879 was about 0.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.