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• Aiso Foppes Lycklama a' Nijeholt, Arum, Friesland Netherlands Netherlands († 1943)
• Aleida Everharda ARINK, Itterbeck, Preussen, Duitsland († 1943)
• Aiso Lycklama à Nijeholt, Arum (FRL) († 1943)
• (Stillborn) Vreman, Pannerden, Nederland († 1879)
• Anna Veenekamp, Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan, United States († 1965)
• Aletta Fierst van Wijnandsbergen, Utrecht († 1911)
• Bexkens, Boxmeer, Nordbrabant, Niederlande († 1879)
• Aiso Foppes LYCKLAMA À NIJEHOLT, Wûnseradiel Friesland Netherlands († 1943)
• Adriana Dorothea Pieternella Denissen, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Halkema, Banjoemas, Ned Indie († 1895)

• Agata Johanna GRUNDEMANN (29), Leimuiden
• Albertje Hidding (39), Vrieschelo, Groningen, Nederland
• Abigail Gowdy (81), Sydney, Ohio, United States
• Alphonse Jules Cyrille CONSEIL (0), Saint-Venant, 62770, Pas de Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Albert Lamberts Kat (75), Hollandscheveld
• Adrianus van der Linden (91), Haarzuilens
• Anna Maria Catharina GIELEN (75), Neeritter, Limburg, Netherlands
• Albertina Ferraz da Luz (27), Itu, São Paulo, Brasil
• (17), Ferwerd, Friesland, Nederland
• Allegonda, van Opstal (83), Oisterwijk

• 1876 » 13th Dalai Lama († 1933)
• 1877 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault († 1944)
• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)
• 1880 » John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader († 1969)
• 1881 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress († 1931)
• 1882 » Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1968)
• 1884 » Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author († 1980)
• 1884 » Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general († 1953)
• 1884 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter († 1957)
• 1884 » Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor († 1950)

• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)

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 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.
• 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.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The temperature on February 12, 1879 was about 2.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.