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• Alberdina van Heerikhuizen, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)
• Alphonsus Joannes Geens, Antwerpen († 1969)
• Alphonsuis Josephus Broumans, Merxem,ANT, België
• Anna Maria Strijbosch, Helvoirt († 1947)
• Adriaan Jozef van den Boom, Halsteren, Bergen Op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriaan Jozef van den Boom, Halsteren
• Abraham Gerrit van den Berg, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Agatha Klazina Kortekaas, Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Alfred Louis Henri DEMARTHE, Éperlecques,62910,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE († 1916)
• AMELIA JORIS, Schilde

• Barbara Victoria Fasseel (71), Merkem West-Vlaanderen, België
• Akke Hanses Baron (20), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Staal (0), Utrecht
• Bauke Albada (22), Harich, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbara REIJNEN (72), Escharen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus De Jaeger (45), Oostwinkel
• Akke Hans Baron (20), Drachten
• Adriana Schenk (90)
• Antje Noordam
• Antonia Netten (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1872 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1951)
• 1873 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer († 1942)
• 1875 » Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and physician († 1932)
• 1876 » William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician († 1937)
• 1879 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs († 1929)
• 1879 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician († 1941)
• 1884 » Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic († 1978)
• 1884 » Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1885 » Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author († 1969)
• 1887 » André François-Poncet, French politician and diplomat († 1978)

• 1846 » Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (b. 1767)
• 1861 » Henry Gray, English anatomist and surgeon (b. 1827)
• 1881 » Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1894 » John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (b. 1842)
• 1898 » Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
• 1904 » Nikiforos Lytras, Greek painter and educator (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Michael Alexandrovich, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1878)
• 1930 » Henry Segrave, American-English racing driver (b. 1896)

• 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 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on June 13, 1879 was about 17.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.