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• Adamus van Heel, Maria-Hoop, Netherlands († 1879)
• Anna van der Have, Dreischor († 1931)
• Anna Vermeeren, Ginneken en Bavel
• Anna (Johanna) Christina Dijst, Amsterdam
• Adrianus de Bruijn, Rucphen (Rucphen) (Noord-Brabant) († 1963)
• Adriana van Bree, Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Aaltje Reijers, Harderwijk († 1936)
• Anna Maria Koorn, Rotterdam († 1883)
• Anna van Ommen, Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adamus van HEEL, Echt, Limburg, Nederland († 1879)

• Andries Hoogduijn (63), Wassenaar, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Annaatje Groente (47), Amsterdam
• Anje Klaassens Oudman, Zuidwolde, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Johannes Folkertsma (63), Akkerwoude
• Aleida Maria Hermannussen lucassen Oldhof (71), Hellendoorn (Haarle)
• Abraham Elias van Emmen (73), Meppel (Drenthe)
• Albertina Skog (3), Kristianstad, Kristianstads, Sweden
• Stoutjesdijk (0), Stavenisse
• Abraham Johansson Skinnar (59), Malax (Maalahti), Ostrobothnia, Finland
• Anje OUDMAN (74), Zuidwolde, Bedum

• 1868 » Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and academic († 1908)
• 1868 » Lucy Booth, English composer († 1953)
• 1874 » Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author († 1936)
• 1874 » Sidney Toler, American actor and director († 1947)
• 1876 » Nicola Romeo, Italian engineer and businessman († 1938)
• 1878 » Lionel Barrymore, American actor and director († 1954)
• 1886 » Art Shaw, American hurdler († 1955)
• 1886 » Erich Salomon, German-born news photographer († 1944)
• 1888 » Walter Tull, English footballer and soldier († 1918)
• 1889 » António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1970)

• 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
• 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
• 1858 » Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
• 1865 » Samuel Cunard, Canadian-English businessman, founded Cunard Line (b. 1787)
• 1881 » Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (b. 1818)
• 1883 » John Russell, English hunter and dog breeder (b. 1795)
• 1902 » Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Josiah Willard Gibbs, American scientist (b. 1839)
• 1905 » Fitzhugh Lee, American general and politician, 40th Governor of Virginia (b. 1835)
• 1925 » Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)

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.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
• 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.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on April 28, 1879 was about 8.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.