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• Anna JÖNSSON, Äsphult-Kristianstad-Län
• Anna Hoge, Nieuw-Dordrecht, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)
• Adelia Haesevoets, Rillaar, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1902)
• Anna Catharina van Beeck, Putte († 1964)
• * Elizabeth Rietveld, Sliedrecht († 1962)
• Vreeburg, Lisse, Lisse, South Holland, The Netherlands († 1962)
• Angela Clara (Clara) Lampe, Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland († 1961)
• Adriana Diepenhorst, stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee) († 1879)
• Alydus Louis Cornelis van Esveld, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Alphonsus Joannes Marcus Cools, Tilburg († 1906)

• Anne Fergusson (43), Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
• Anna Cornelia Servaes (64), Baarle Nassau
• Antonij Franken (83), Hummelo
• Aaltje Regtuijt (55), Amsterdam
• Arie Ouwehand (22), Katwijk aan Zee, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aukje Gouma (0), Wonseradeel
• Adriaan Brasser (40), Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antonius Franken (83), Hummelo (Hummelo en Keppel)
• Adriaan Schilt (70), Kralingen
• Adam de Wit (5), Zijpe

• 1871 » Lorne Currie, French-English sailor († 1926)
• 1872 » C. B. Fry, English cricketer, footballer, educator, and politician († 1956)
• 1873 » Howard Garis, American author, creator of the Uncle Wiggily series of children's stories († 1962)
• 1873 » Walter de la Mare, English poet, short story writer, and novelist († 1956)
• 1874 » Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker († 1937)
• 1874 » Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1876 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician († 1958)
• 1878 » William Merz, American gymnast and triathlete († 1946)
• 1882 » Fred McLeod, Scottish golfer († 1976)
• 1887 » Kojo Tovalou Houénou, Beninese lawyer and critic († 1936)

• 1873 » Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy, Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783)
• 1875 » 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
• 1878 » Anna Sewell, English author (b. 1820)
• 1890 » Crowfoot, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830)
• 1891 » Nathaniel Woodard, English priest and educator (b. 1811)
• 1892 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Karl von Ditmar, Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822)
• 1906 » John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (b. 1839)
• 1911 » Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Joseph-Alfred Archambeault, Canadian bishop (b. 1859)

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.
• 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.
• 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 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 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 April 25, 1879 was about 12.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.