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• Andries Doldersum, Hardenberg († 1955)
• WEIDE VAN DER, Harlingen († 1879)
• Stuifzand, Stuifzand, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1879)
• Andries Klazes Miedema, Finkum († 1879)
• Adriaan van KAAM, Halsteren (Nl) († 1954)
• Andries Fredriks Doldersum, Slagharen Hardenberg, Nederland († 1959)
• Alida Smit, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruida Braams, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana Verweij, Lopik, Nederland
• Alida Jans Smit, Hoogeveen

• Alt Hendriks Liemburg (1), Gersloot
• Adrianus Poldermans (6), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van der Neut (0), Woubrugge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Harmans van Hasselt (77), Beilen
• Alt Liemburg (1), Gersloot
• Annechien Jans Brink (76), Peize
• Albert Gerrits Kamstra (Kampstra) (79), Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• WEIDE VAN DER (0), Harlingen
• Adrianus Walraven Holle (46)
• Alt Hendriks Liemburg (1), Gersloot

• 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)

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.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.

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%.