About the day » Sunday June 15, 1879Calender converter

• Adrianus Willemze, Drunen
• Adriaan Willem Katsman, Leeuwarden († 1879)
• Alexander Johannes Wijnmalen, Monster, 2681, Nederland († 1879)
• Aartje Ingetje Klok, Rockanje
• Adrianus Hubertus Broeders, Raamsdonk, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 1970)
• Martens, Mierlo († 1879)
• Adriaantje Klijn, Amsterdam († 1939)
• Alfred GEARY, Haynes, Ampthill, Bedfordshire
• Anna Cornelia Zijm, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 1898)
• Alle Wouda, Burum († 1976)

• Annigje Timmer (78), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Martens (0), Mierlo
• Aagje Bouwens (43), Broek op Langedijk
• Annigjen Timmer (78), Den Helder,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Bouwens (43), Broek op L'dijk
• Arend HARG,VAN DER (80), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aarnaut Regt de (80), Kats, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aarnout de Regt (80), Kats
• Arend van der Harg (80), ,, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Aarnout de Regt (80), Kats (80jr)

• 1872 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player († 1950)
• 1875 » Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier († 1987)
• 1878 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer († 1955)
• 1881 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army († 1945)
• 1884 » Harry Langdon, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1944)
• 1886 » Frank Clement, British racing driver († 1970)
• 1888 » Ramón López Velarde, Mexican poet and author († 1921)
• 1890 » Georg Wüst, German oceanographer and academic († 1977)
• 1894 » Nikolai Chebotaryov, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist († 1947)
• 1894 » Robert Russell Bennett, American composer and conductor († 1981)

• 1844 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1777)
• 1849 » James K. Polk, American lawyer and politician, 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
• 1858 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (b. 1795)
• 1888 » Frederick III, German Emperor (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Mihai Eminescu, Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1890 » Unryū Kyūkichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 10th Yokozuna (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)

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.
• January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
• February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 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.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.

The temperature on June 15, 1879 was about 20.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.