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• Aafke Linthout, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Zwaantje Koopman, Weststellingwerf
• Anna Catharina Quaedvlieg, Schaesberg (L
• Adrianus van den Arend, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1885)
• Aaltje Heino, Kollum, 9291, Nederland († 1959)
• Adriaantje Kuipers, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana de Frel, Dinteloord
• Aartje Hoek, Alblasserdam († 1956)
• Alice Pike, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Adelbert Lewandowski, Daleszijn, Polen († 1951)

• Albertjen Jacobs Huls (56), Wezup, Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Johannesd Spanjaard (0), Beverwijk
• Adrianus Verheyen (84), Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Andries Andriesz Menger (0), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Aarnout Sinke (53), Kruiningen (Z)
• Albert Stikel (16), Grolloo
• Anne Marie Vleugels (49), Welkenraedt, Luik, België
• ADRIANA (DE) KNIBBE (1), Overschie
• Adriaan Verheijen (86), Baarle-Nassau
• Adriana Buscop (0), Ooltgensplaat

• 1869 » Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright († 1951)
• 1878 » Erich Mühsam, German author, poet, and playwright († 1934)
• 1881 » Karl Staaf, Swedish pole vaulter and hammer thrower († 1953)
• 1884 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer († 1927)
• 1886 » Athenagoras I of Constantinople († 1972)
• 1886 » Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Indian ruler († 1967)
• 1886 » Walter Dandy, American physician and neurosurgeon († 1946)
• 1888 » Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic († 1967)
• 1888 » Hans Richter, Swiss painter, illustrator, and director († 1976)
• 1890 » Anthony Fokker, Dutch engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer († 1939)

• 1833 » Adamantios Korais, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1748)
• 1838 » José Bonifácio de Andrada, Brazilian poet, academic, and politician (b. 1763)
• 1860 » James Kirke Paulding, American author and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general (b. 1803)
• 1883 » Benjamin Wright Raymond, American merchant and politician, 3rd Mayor of Chicago (b. 1801)
• 1886 » William Edward Forster, English businessman, philanthropist, and politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1818)
• 1899 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist (b. 1809)
• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)

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 Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
• February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• June 1 » Napoléon Eugène, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.
• October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on April 6, 1879 was about 10.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.