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• Adriaan Veraart, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1943)
• Aaltje Schuitert, Terwolde,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1892)
• Aaltje Horsman, Leimuiden († 1918)
• Adrianus Grandia, Hurwenen, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Woestenenk, Veldwijk, Vorden († 1882)
• Adriaan Veraart, Halsteren, Netherlands († 1943)
• Albertus Antonius Hulskes, Culemborg (GL) († 1881)
• Andries Fredriks Doldersum, Slagharen Hardenberg, Nederland († 1959)
• Andries Doldersum, Ambt-Hardenberg, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1955)
• Andries Klazes Miedema, Finkum († 1879)

• Antje Zweep (59), Beneden Veensloot gem. Meeden
• Adrianus Walraven Holle (46)
• Alt Hendriks Liemburg (1), Gersloot
• Adriana Cornelia Schüller (43), Sloten
• Albertus Visser (0), Didam
• Antonius Hubertus van der Stonden (55), Eindhoven
• Adriana, Cornelia Schüller (Schöller) (43), Sloten
• Annechien Jans Brink (76), Peize
• Abraham Blank (73), Lehigh Co.Pennsylvania
• Adriana Maria Pieternella Dorrenboom (31), Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1865 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer († 1952)
• 1869 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian-Russian poet and author († 1923)
• 1872 » Johan Pitka, Estonian admiral († 1944)
• 1876 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer († 1957)
• 1877 » Gabriele Münter, German painter († 1962)
• 1878 » Harriet Bosse, Swedish–Norwegian actress († 1961)
• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)
• 1893 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director († 1964)

• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)

• 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 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• 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 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• 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 19, 1879 was about 0.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.