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• Alexander Gavin Chisholm, Mount Templeton, South Australia († 1937)
• Albert L Bultena, Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa († 1952)
• Adriana, Maria, Elisabeth van Steen, Baarle-Hertog
• Adriana Kurvink, Poortvliet, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert van Loo, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1897)
• Andreas Lourentius Remmerswaal, Wateringen
• Alfred George VINEY, Exton, Tasmania, Australia († 1945)
• Andreas Laurentius Remmerswaal, Wateringen († 1879)
• Alida van der Meulen, Drachten (FRL)
• Aaltje Minderts Spoelstra, Hardegarijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1965)

• Adolf Gottschalk (25), Poznan, Wlkp., Poland
• Annie Elizabeth Hamblen Hammond Hamblen [M] (29), Houston, Harris County, Texas
• Adolphus Besjes (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Harmens Toering (79), Joure
• Ann Annie RUSSELL (50), Holborn, London City, England
• Adolphus Besjes (48), Rotterdam
• Adriana Stevense (80)
• Adriana Boender (40), Rockanje
• Maria Catherina Simoens, Overslag
• Anna Maria NOË (69), Roosbeek

• 1874 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright († 1963)
• 1875 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic († 1922)
• 1875 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea († 1965)
• 1876 » Kate Richards O'Hare, American Socialist Party activist and editor († 1948)
• 1876 » William of Wied, prince of Albania († 1945)
• 1879 » Othmar Ammann, Swiss-American engineer, designed the George Washington Bridge and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge († 1965)
• 1879 » Waldemar Tietgens, German rower († 1917)
• 1881 » Guccio Gucci, Italian fashion designer, founded Gucci († 1953)
• 1882 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss politician († 1940)
• 1884 » Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist and educator († 1969)

• 1858 » John Addison Thomas, American lieutenant, engineer, and politician, 3rd United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1811)
• 1862 » Uriah P. Levy, American commander (b. 1792)
• 1881 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general and activist (b. 1800)
• 1885 » Anson Stager, American general and businessman, co-founded Western Union (b. 1825)
• 1888 » Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar (b. 1837)
• 1892 » Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist, and journalist (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Cecil Rhodes, English-South African colonialist, businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (b. 1853)
• 1905 » Maurice Barrymore, American actor (b. 1849)
• 1910 » Auguste Charlois, French astronomer (b. 1864)
• 1920 » William Chester Minor, American surgeon and lexicographer (b. 1834)

• 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 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 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
• October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
• 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 March 26, 1879 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.