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• Adriana van Gog, Breukelen-Nijenrode, U, The Netherlands
• Adolphe Joseph PAIRON, Liège, Liège, Belgique
• Alida Swart, Terschelling-Baaiduinen († 1956)
• Anna Maria Cecilia Kagie, 's-Gravenhage († 1957)
• Afina Catharina Rademaker, Meeden,, Groningen, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Maria Cecilia Kagie, 's-Gravenhage, Nederland († 1957)
• Alida Maria Vanneste, Gullegem West-Vlaanderen
• Aaltje Hamminga, Kolham, Slochteren,, Groningen, Nederland († 1957)
• Andries Veeneman, Apeldoorn
• Anje Cornelis Bisschop, Uithuizen

• Albert Quint (78), Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana van Loon (81), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Koek (9), Amsterdam
• Adriana Huiberdina van Zon (0), Raamsdonk
• * Sietje Koster (73), Schiedam
• Anna Maria Antonia Meijsen (83), Den Haag
• Angeline WOUTERS (60), Winkelomheide, Geel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adelheid Maria Willing (74), Spork
• Anthoni Miltenburg (48), Tull en 't Waal
• Annigje Kats (2), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld)

• 1868 » Prince Waldemar of Prussia († 1879)
• 1868 » William Allen White, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1869 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic († 1948)
• 1879 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general († 1932)
• 1881 » Pauline Brunius, Swedish actress and director († 1954)
• 1883 » Edith Clarke, American electrical engineer († 1959)
• 1883 » H.V. Hordern, Australian cricketer († 1938)
• 1889 » Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey († 1982)
• 1890 » Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator Nobel Prize laureate († 1960)
• 1890 » Fanny Kaplan, Ukrainian-Russian activist († 1918)

• 1854 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) (b. 1792)
• 1857 » David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (b. 1770)
• 1865 » Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (b. 1808)
• 1887 » Ellen Wood, English author (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » John A. Roche, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
• 1906 » Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
• 1912 » Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek long jumper (b. 1888)

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.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
• 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 February 10, 1879 was about 10.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.