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• Antonia der Kinderen, Waalre († 1950)
• Angelus Franciscus Johannes Hufkens, Cauter, gem. Clinge († 1900)
• Adrien Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove
• Agnes Catharina Stams, Maasniel, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Maria Joseph Jules Bruno Ghislain Baron Kervyn de Lettenhoven, Bioul († 1963)
• Andrew Spencer, Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan, United States († 1879)
• Adrianus Stolk, Alblasserdam Z.H
• Albert Christian Thomesen, Sandvik, Nordland, Norway († 1910)
• Andries Spee, Helden, Limburg, Nederland († 1961)
• Aaltje Bakker, Giethoorn,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1958)

• Carolina Belmans (74), Geel, Antwerpen, BelgiÁe
• Adriana Lips (0), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berendina Frederika Daman (0), Avereest (Hardenberg), Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida Sonius (46), Veur, Nederland
• Caroline Belmans (74), Geel, België
• Arij Hoogendijk (56), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Boer (46), Noordsleen, Nederland
• Caeser Gustavus Gerardus van Mansfeld, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Wilhelmus Johannes Baten (1), Dodrecht
• * Willem (1) Baars (15), Oud-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL

• 1871 » William McDougall, English psychologist and polymath († 1938)
• 1873 » Filippo Silvestri, Italian entomologist and academic († 1949)
• 1874 » Walter Friedrich Otto, German philologist and scholar († 1958)
• 1876 » Pascual Díaz y Barreto, Mexican archbishop († 1936)
• 1879 » Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada († 1962)
• 1880 » Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer († 1954)
• 1884 » James Rector, American sprinter and lawyer († 1949)
• 1885 » Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player († 1962)
• 1887 » Julian Huxley, English biologist and academic († 1975)
• 1888 » Harold Hitz Burton, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Cleveland († 1964)

• 1868 » Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Rudecindo Alvarado, Argentinian general (b. 1792)
• 1874 » Howard Staunton, English chess player (b. 1810)
• 1892 » Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1819)
• 1894 » Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop and missionary (b. 1823)
• 1905 » Francis Lubbock, American colonel and politician, 9th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1913 » Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet and translator (b. 1875)
• 1925 » Felix Klein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1928 » A. B. Frost, American illustrator and painter (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Armand Fallières, French politician, 9th President of France (b. 1841)

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 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• October 22 » Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb (it lasts 13​⁄₂ hours before burning out).
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The temperature on June 22, 1879 was about 16.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.