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• Arnold Ketelslegers, Romershoven, België († 1945)
• Adriana Catharina van Lieshout, Kralingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• * Peter Cornelis Baars, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL († 1880)
• Anna Catharina Mathilde Bergans, Engelmanshoven, België († 1908)
• AUGUSTUS L BEAM († 1954)
• Antonia Catharina van Stralen, Zetten († 1976)
• Anna Regine Meuser, Odersberg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany († 1942)
• Adrianus Antonij Stoop, Steenbergen († 1927)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Houx, Horn, Haelen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1942)
• Alida Frederica Burgstede, Helmond († 1879)

• Adriana Catharina Bruijs (1), Antwerpen
• Antje Boorsma (0)
• Anna Galjaard, Bennebroek
• Aafke willems Kloppenburg (62), Kollum
• Adriana Pieternella Ors (47), Klundert
• Anna van der Werf (58)
• Aaltjen Bouwmeester (34), Baalder
• Anna Brandwijk (29), Giessendam
• Anna Maria van Dessel (50), Hove (B)
• Alida van Arkel (0), Heukelum, Lingewaal

• 1870 » Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer († 1948)
• 1874 » Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author († 1949)
• 1876 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician († 1937)
• 1877 » Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist († 1967)
• 1877 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist († 1917)
• 1878 » Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist († 1948)
• 1880 » Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist († 1967)
• 1883 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author († 1923)
• 1883 » Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer († 1947)
• 1884 » Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor († 1965)

• 1863 » Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
• 1865 » Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)
• 1870 » Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)
• 1875 » Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
• 1879 » Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
• 1900 » Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (b. 1863)
• 1903 » Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)

• 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.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• 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.
• 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.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

The temperature on April 30, 1879 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.