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• Adriana Jacobs, Gilze en Rijen († 1948)
• Adrianus (Arie) Tol, Volendam, Nederland († 1926)
• Aaldert Tuit, Krakeel (Hoogeveen) († 1918)
• Adriana Couters, Zevenbergen († 1961)
• Aaltje Maria Cornelia Lemcke, Den Haag († 1883)
• Albertus Pennings, Berlicum, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1944)
• Aaltje van Eijk, Maarsseveen, U, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Coolen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1880)
• Aaldert Arends Tuit, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Hollandscheveld) († 1918)

• Anna Cornelia van Belkom (0), Tilburg
• Imkjen Reitzes Hylkema (74), Marssum
• Aaltien Lipman (60), noordbarge
• Antje Sytses Bijstra (49), Opsterland
• Albertus de Groot (0), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van de Leest (60), Geffen
• Aaltje Horst (43), Heerde (buurtschap Hoornerveen)
• Andrie Martinus Regoor (0), Duiven
• Antonius Lagast (55), Lichtervelde
• Schuurman (0)

• 1865 » Bernard Berenson, Lithuanian-American historian and author († 1959)
• 1866 » George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English archaeologist and banker († 1923)
• 1869 » Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish journalist and author († 1954)
• 1878 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician († 1957)
• 1880 » Mitchell Lewis, American actor († 1956)
• 1881 » Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli linguist, poet, and playwright († 1960)
• 1892 » Pearl S. Buck, American novelist, essayist, short story writer Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1893 » Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist and news anchor(† 1989)
• 1895 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician († 1950)
• 1898 » Willy Messerschmitt, German engineer and businessman († 1978)

• 1830 » George IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1836 » Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French soldier and composer (b. 1760)
• 1856 » Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (b. 1806)
• 1870 » Armand Barbès, French lawyer and politician (b. 1809)
• 1878 » Mercedes of Orléans (b. 1860)
• 1879 » Richard H. Anderson, American general (b. 1821)
• 1883 » Edward Sabine, Irish-English astronomer, geophysicist, and ornithologist (b. 1788)
• 1918 » Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet and author (b. 1843)
• 1922 » Albert I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1848)
• 1927 » Armand Guillaumin, French painter (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 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
• 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.
• October 8 » War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos.

The temperature on June 26, 1879 was about 16.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.