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• Anna Francina Carolina Vedder(Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder), Arnhem, Nederland
• Aafje Mus, Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1902)
• Adriana Dijksman, Ouderkerk aan den IJssel († 1880)
• Amelia Van den Broeck, Ramsel,, Antwerpen, België
• Abraham Costima, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anje Bruininga, Harkstede, gem Slochteren († 1976)
• Adriana Maria de Groot, Ter Apelkanaal gem. Vlagtwedde
• Adriana Catharina de Klerk, Terneuzen († 1962)
• Adolf Meijler, Vriezenveen, 7671, Nederland († 1942)
• Anke Brinksma, Jubbega-Schurega († 1954)

• Antinus de Vries (0), Kloosterveen, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Gool (46), Tilburg (Heuvel)
• Klasens (0), Exloërveen, Drente, Netherlands
• Antoinetta Schuurbiers (1), bergen op zoom
• Adriana Maria van Gool (46), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaana Jacobs Schippers (59), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Scherpenzeel (43), Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• "Catharina" Moerman (51), Bergschenhoek, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Peeters (46), Herentals, België
• Agatha Catharina Wilhelmina Baerveldt (67), Goes

• 1856 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army († 1929)
• 1856 » Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic († 1937)
• 1859 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English banker and author († 1932)
• 1865 » Frederic Goudy, American type designer, created Copperplate Gothic and Goudy Old Style († 1947)
• 1879 » Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
• 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
• 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
• 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)

• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)

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 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
• February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 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.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
• October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.

The temperature on March 8, 1879 was about 10.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.