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• Aaltje (Alice) Borgman, Eenrum († 1968)
• Albertus Van Delen, Voorthuizen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1968)
• Amalie von dem Borne
• aaltje alice borgman, Eenrum, Groningen, Netherlans († 1968)
• Anna Elisa van den Berg, Oss
• Reesing, Didam († 1879)
• Annie Elisa van den Bergh, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Maria Rijkelijkhuizen, Haarlemmermeer, NH, Nederland († 1949)
• Anne Marie Bruynincks-Jergen, Leopoldsburg, Heppen, Limburg, Belgium († 1956)
• Alphons ALGOET, Wontergem,9800,Oost-Vlaanderen,Ovl, België

• Aaltje Klootwijk (85), Rhoon, Zhl.NL
• Adrianus Aloijsius Gabriels (0), Riethoven
• Aart Opmeer (69)
• Amarinthia Jenkins (88)
• Adriana Weil (56), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Aloijsius Gabri‰ls (0), Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Allegonda Vasen (43), Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gerardi Roovers, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van den Boogaart (63)
• Anna Catharina Schoffelen (16), Roosteren, Limburg, Nederland

• 1867 » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author († 1957)
• 1870 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist († 1937)
• 1871 » Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1927)
• 1873 » Thomas Andrews, Irish shipbuilder and businessman, designed the RMS Titanic († 1912)
• 1877 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist († 1947)
• 1878 » Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor († 1936)
• 1885 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal († 1953)
• 1885 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1887 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1889 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist († 1976)

• 1849 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) (b. 1797)
• 1862 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1787)
• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)
• 1873 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)

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.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• 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 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
• 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.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

The temperature on February 7, 1879 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.