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• Ale Klijnsma, Lemsterland († 1935)
• van Eck, Overschie († 1879)
• Adriana Johanna Matze, Zevenhuizen († 1945)
• Adriana Millenaar, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Plender, Kamperveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriaan STOOP, Dordrecht († 1949)
• Alcy A Fletcher, Winn Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 1881)
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Anthonie Deins, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1908)
• Anne Dijkstra, Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1880)

• Gerrigje Wiltenburg (38), Moordrecht
• Anna Tiebert (65), Arriën
• Arent Herms van Olst (86), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arend van Olst (86), Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie van Krimpen (61), Alblasserdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Tiebert (66), Arriën, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arent van Van Olst (86), Epe
• Anna Maria Dillen (71), Balen, België
• Adriana Spijker (1), Ter Aar (Kerkbuurt)
• Adriana Pennings (53), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1867 » Charles Winckler, Danish tug of war competitor, discus thrower, and shot putter († 1932)
• 1867 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia († 1941)
• 1872 » Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1950)
• 1875 » Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author († 1912)
• 1880 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect († 1925)
• 1882 » Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1946)
• 1882 » Otz Tollen, German actor († 1965)
• 1883 » Frank King, American cartoonist († 1969)
• 1887 » Konrad Tom, Polish actor, writer, singer, and director († 1957)
• 1888 » Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American talent manager († 1974)

• 1872 » Erastus Corning, American businessman and politician (b. 1794)
• 1876 » Charles Goodyear, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
• 1889 » Michel Eugène Chevreul, French chemist and academic (b. 1786)
• 1909 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Raymond Whittindale, English rugby player (b. 1883)
• 1917 » James Hope Moulton, English philologist and scholar (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Hans Fruhstorfer, German entomologist and explorer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)

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 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• April 5 » Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
• 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 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The temperature on April 9, 1879 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.