About the day » Monday March 10, 1879Calender converter

• Aafke (Effie) Geerts Wiersma, Hantum († 1906)
• Adriaan Weesie, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1939)
• Adrianus Zwetsloot, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Abraham Johannes Vreeswijk, Oude Tonge († 1879)
• Aaldert van Maren, Heesselt († 1879)
• Adriaan Nijman, Gaanderen
• Albertus Johannes Drost, Amsterdam († 1883)
• Adriana Snoodijk, Kats († 1921)
• Albertus Johannes Franciscus Laurentius van Straaten, Westzaan († 1879)
• Adrianus Fissers, Kapellen († 1961)

• Anje Harms Luursema (72), Warffum
• Arent Rouwenhorst (49), Eefde
• annigje WARNAAR (69), 's-gravendeel
• Albert Leslie Trevena (0), Shepparton
• Annegien Santes (88), Groningen
• Anthonia Catharina Petronella van den Akker (0), delft
• Albert Willem van Willigenburg (0), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (2) Johanna Vernooij (43), Ruwiel, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Antonia Roovers (2), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Sanderse (45), Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL

• 1867 » Hector Guimard, French-American architect († 1942)
• 1867 » Lillian Wald, American nurse, humanitarian, and author, founded the Henry Street Settlement († 1940)
• 1870 » David Riazanov, Russian theorist and politician († 1938)
• 1873 » Jakob Wassermann, German-Austrian soldier and author († 1934)
• 1876 » Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor († 1973)
• 1877 » Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexican diplomat and president (1930-1932) († 1963)
• 1881 » Jessie Boswell, English painter († 1956)
• 1888 » Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor († 1961)
• 1890 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania († 1939)
• 1892 » Arthur Honegger, French composer and educator († 1955)

• 1832 » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
• 1861 » Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (b. 1814)
• 1872 » Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (b. 1825)
• 1897 » Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (b. 1831)
• 1898 » Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
• 1913 » Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (b. c.1820)
• 1925 » Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (b. 1878)

• 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.
• January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• 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.
• October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄₂ hours before burning out).
• 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.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on March 10, 1879 was about 10.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.