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• Arendje Smit, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1893)
• Arendje Hendriks Smit, Achterom (Hoogeveen) († 1891)
• Aloysius Vanbrabant, Klerken,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1879)
• Arie Stoop, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• August Frederik Tantholt, Seestskov, Seest sogn, Ribe amt
• Antonius Maes, Lommel (B) († 1966)
• Adriana Marcus, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1950)
• Anna Christina Reid, Marbach, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 1973)
• Antoon Oostendorp, gem Ambt Almelo
• Arend Jan SCHUTTE, Holten, Overijssel, Nederland († 1947)

• Adriana Maria van Houtert (0), Stratum (Eindhoven)
• Andreas Schoonderwoerd, Snelrewaard
• Adriana Cornelia Spiering (39), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Berend van Ittersum (72), Zalk, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Berend Jan Meddeler (0), Diepenheim
• Abraham Vavier (74), Leiden
• Adriaan Snoeren (67), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Pieterdr Weel (35), Twisk
• Abraham Favier (74), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend van Ittersum (73), Zalk en Veecaten, Ov. Nederland

• 1862 » Margaret Fountaine, English lepidopterist and diarist (d.1940)
• 1876 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist († 1948)
• 1879 » Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic († 1962)
• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)
• 1897 » Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic († 1994)

• 1823 » Grace Elliott, Scottish courtesan and spy (b. c.1754)
• 1830 » Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)

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 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.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• 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.
• July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

The temperature on May 16, 1879 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.