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• Alida Snijders, Rotterdam († 1879)
• Aafke Jacobus Kerkhof, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van Erven, Goirle
• Anna Maria Herder, Heeten (Raalte)
• Alexander Ernste, Leeuwen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonius van der Gulik, Bovenkarspel, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Antonius Schuttelaars, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Akke Dijklan, Ferwerd, gem. Ferwerderadeel, Fiesland, Nederland
• Antonius Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria Hulst, Bergh (GE), 's Heerenberg († 1947)
• Aaltje Durks Atema

• Anne Jacobs Kooiker (47), Makkum
• Anthonius Koeleman (17)
• Barbara Breemans (60), Gerdingen, Provincie Limburg, België
• Anna Mijnlief (38), Arnhem
• Anne Benedigte Olsdatter (64), Ausen, Gildeskål, Nordland, Norway
• Antje van Graft (65), Hensbroek
• "Désirée" Alexandrine Césarine Pauline de Magallon (57), Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
• Adriana Pouw (31), Tull en 't Waal
• Albert Glas (60), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Alphonsius Lowie (46), Staden

• 1874 » Ernest Duchesne, French physician († 1912)
• 1875 » Giovanni Gentile, Italian philosopher and academic († 1944)
• 1879 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier († 1917)
• 1879 » Konstantin Ramul, Estonian psychologist and academic († 1975)
• 1881 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal († 1968)
• 1882 » Wyndham Halswelle, English runner and soldier († 1915)
• 1883 » Sandy Pearce, Australian rugby league player († 1930)
• 1884 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German soldier and politician († 1942)
• 1885 » Villem Grünthal-Ridala, Estonian poet and linguist († 1942)
• 1886 » Laurent Barré, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1964)

• 1832 » James Mackintosh, Scottish historian, jurist, and politician (b. 1765)
• 1855 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)
• 1865 » John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)

• 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.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• 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.
• December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

The temperature on May 30, 1879 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.