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• Adriana Kruf, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Agatha Wilhelmina Broodbakker, Nieuwer Amstel († 1961)
• Adriana Maria Clarijs, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Alexis Marie Joseph SCHOOF, Laeken,1020,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 1962)
• Aaltje Baaiman, Leggeloo (gem. Dwingeloo) († 1920)
• Angenieta Smit, Drouwenermond (Gem. Borger), Drenthe, Nederland († 1881)
• Alida Machteld Wardenaar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Agatha Geziena Suzanna Duzijn
• "Paul" Friedrich Theobald Ottokar Maria Czernin von Chudenitz, Dymokury, Tchéquie († 1938)
• Hendrikus Phillipus Reijnders, Gorinchem († 1879)

• Annetta Put (0), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Antonie Bliekendaal (55), Amersfoort
• Anna Theresia VRANCKEN (82), TONGEREN, Limburg, Belgique
• *Cornelia van Santvliet (65), Wouw, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Agata Anna Christina Broekhuizen (62), Delft (Delft) (Zuid-Holland)
• Anna ARMIROTTO (0), Antwerpen,2000,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aletta van de Velde (0), Middelharnis
• Adriana Wilhelmina Petronella van Leeuwen (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagtje de Wit (44), Oudkarspel (gem. Langedijk, NH)
• Baukjen Hessels Vellinga (71), IJlst

• 1861 » William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania († 1937)
• 1866 » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish journalist and politician († 1952)
• 1867 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish general and politician, 6th President of Finland († 1951)
• 1873 » Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (d.1942)
• 1877 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1879 » Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator († 1964)
• 1880 » Clara Blandick, American actress († 1962)
• 1885 » Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina († 1952)
• 1887 » Tom Longboat, Canadian runner and soldier († 1949)
• 1889 » Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist († 1960)

• 1830 » Antonio José de Sucre, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Bolivia (b. 1795)
• 1872 » Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
• 1922 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)
• 1928 » Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
• 1929 » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
• 1931 » Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/54)

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 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• 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 4, 1879 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.