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• Anna Maria Brands, Oss
• Adriana Dankers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1879)
• Anje Breuker, Siddeburen (Slochteren) († 1910)
• Anne Willem Jonkheer van Holthe van Echten, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1962)
• Anne Willem van Holthe Tot Echten, Steenbergen (gem. De Wolden)
• Abra Zevenbergen, Abbenbroek
• Roervink, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Aloys Maes, Temse
• Schippers, Wissenkerke († 1879)
• * Jan Baas, Leerbroek († 1957)

• Adriaan de Wilde (28), Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries Krielaart ongehuwd (22), Woudrichem, NB, Nederland
• Arend van Dragt (0), Elburg,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Apollonia Coleta Van Hove (80), Avelgem,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• ANTOINETTA OLTMANS (75), Rhenen
• Arie Keus (80)
• Anna Maria Catharina (Bücker, Buckner) Beukers (74), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonie Hageman (0), Oegstgeest
• Anthonius Zonneveld (0), Castricum
• anna petronella nagel (63), amsterdam

• 1869 » Laxmanrao Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded the Kirloskar Group († 1956)
• 1870 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter and academic († 1943)
• 1872 » George Carpenter, American 5th General of The Salvation Army († 1948)
• 1875 » Reginald Punnett, English geneticist, statistician, and academic († 1967)
• 1882 » Daniel Sawyer, American golfer († 1937)
• 1884 » Johannes Heinrich Schultz, German psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1970)
• 1884 » Mary R. Calvert, American astronomer and author († 1974)
• 1885 » Andrzej Gawroński, Polish linguist and academic († 1927)
• 1887 » Kurt Schwitters, German painter and illustrator († 1948)
• 1889 » John S. Paraskevopoulos, Greek-South African astronomer and academic († 1951)

• 1837 » William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1765)
• 1840 » Pierre Claude François Daunou, French historian and politician (b. 1761)
• 1847 » Juan Larrea, Argentinian captain and politician (b. 1782)
• 1869 » Hijikata Toshizō, Japanese commander (b. 1835)
• 1870 » Jules de Goncourt, French historian and author (b. 1830)
• 1872 » Élie Frédéric Forey, French general (b. 1804)
• 1875 » Joseph Meek, American police officer and politician (b. 1810)
• 1888 » Johannes Zukertort, Polish-English chess player (b. 1842)
• 1906 » John Clayton Adams, English painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » Friedrich Martens, Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (b. 1845)

• 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 Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on June 20, 1879 was about 21.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.