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• Alida Antonissen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pieters Swart, Hallum
• Bernzen, Rütenbrock, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1879)
• Abraham van Bergen, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
• Adriana de Zwart, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
• Aldert Maarsen, Aalsmeer († 1958)
• Albert Koyen, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1949)
• Albrie August Albregts, Cadzand, Zeeland, Nederland († 1934)
• Aaltje Kliphuis, Onstwedde, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• A(Arnoldus) Hoek, Wierden

• Anna Helena Lachenicht (76), Niedermarsberg, Brilon, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany
• Aaltje Harms (79), Hemmen
• Allegonda Wilhelmina Maria Kock (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Eckley (26), Caledon, Free State, South Africa
• Anna Elisabeth DRIESSENS (41), Grevenbicht,, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje Kornelisse Monster (71), Brielle
• Aaltje Monster (71), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Anne Marie Michaux (77), Montbliart, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aaltje Cornelisd MONSTER (71), Brielle
• Aaltje Monster (71), Brielle

• 1862 » Charles M. Schwab, American businessman, co-founded Bethlehem Steel († 1939)
• 1867 » Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer († 1950)
• 1870 » William Laurel Harris, American painter and author († 1924)
• 1871 » Harry Brearley, English inventor († 1948)
• 1883 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright († 1957)
• 1885 » Henri Laurens, French sculptor and illustrator († 1954)
• 1890 » Adolphe Menjou, American actor († 1963)
• 1890 » Edward Arnold, American actor († 1956)
• 1892 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician († 1944)
• 1893 » Maksim Haretski, Belarusian prose writer, journalist and activist († 1938)

• 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
• 1873 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)
• 1880 » Nikolay Zinin, Russian organic chemist (b. 1812)
• 1893 » Serranus Clinton Hastings, American lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Justice of California (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
• 1906 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Lucy Stanton, American activist (b. 1831)
• 1911 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1915 » Frank James, American soldier and criminal (b. 1843)
• 1923 » Alois Rašín, Czech economist and politician (b. 1867)

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.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.

The temperature on February 18, 1879 was about 3.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.