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• Affiena Tjakina Klugkist, Boornzwaag, Gaasterlan-Sleat, Friesland, Netherlands († 1958)
• Aaltje KLUNDER, Eenrum († 1947)
• Albertje Sietes Oost, Nieuw-Buinen († 1915)
• Afina Tjakina Klugkist, Boornzwaag, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Affiena Tjakiena Klugkist, Boornzwaag, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Abraham MEELDIJK, Dordrecht († 1946)
• Albert Clement Bracke, Gand
• Albertje Sietes Oost, Nieuw Buinen, Borger († 1915)
• Aaltien Kramer, Smilde
• Aart Dolman, Westbroek, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1965)

• Adriana Reuvers (78), Tiel
• Andreas van Tienen (41), St. Anthonis, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries de Visser (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Clemens" Carl August Joseph von Holnstein (57), Würzburg, Allemagne
• "Gerarda" Gerritje Gerritje (79), Groesbeek
• Antonia van Oosterhout (69), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Fredericus Monsieurs (63), Waalwijk
• Aaltje Prins (54), Nieuwleusen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Andries de Visser (75), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana (de) Reuvers (78), Tiel

• 1868 » Constance Markievicz, Irish revolutionary and first woman elected to the UK House of Commons († 1927)
• 1871 » Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, 1st President of Germany († 1925)
• 1872 » Gotse Delchev, Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary activist († 1903)
• 1873 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian shot putter and discus thrower († 1905)
• 1875 » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer († 1953)
• 1877 » Eddie Cochems, American football player and coach († 1953)
• 1881 » Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico († 1939)
• 1881 » Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1883 » Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy († 1961)
• 1891 » M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha († 1978)

• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)

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.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• 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.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.

The temperature on February 4, 1879 was about -4.5 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.