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• Abraham van Tergouw, Jutphaas, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Sijs, Nieuwveen, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriana Katte, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1879)
• Anje Broekema, Siddeburen, Groningen, Nederland († 1952)
• Adolf van Delden, leutingewolde roden
• Adrianus van der Sijs, Nieuwveen, Liemeer, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Dewitt Shultis, Kingston, Ulster County, New York
• Alice Barbe Constance DAELS, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1983)
• Adriana van den Ende, Naaldwijk
• Alida Maria Pitteljon, Oostnieuwkerke West-Vlaanderen België († 1914)

• Anna BLEEKER (0), Slochteren, Nederland, Groningen, Hellum
• Aleida Wesselina Meilink (29), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aleida Wesselina Meilink (29), Doetinchem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anthonia Hendrika Peterse (21), Utrecht
• Adriana Herculeijns (49), Rheden
• Adriana Herculeijns (49), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie Franciscus Blom (36), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus van der Biezen (58), Zesgehuchten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Achilles Petrus De Cubber (0), Schorisse, Maarkedal, België
• Adrianus Verhoeven (68), Baarle-Hertog

• 1868 » James Connolly, Scottish-born Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1870 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor († 1935)
• 1876 » Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic († 1957)
• 1877 » Willard Miller, Canadian-American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient († 1959)
• 1878 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua († 1923)
• 1879 » Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist († 1985)
• 1883 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic († 1946)
• 1884 » Frederick Lorz, American runner († 1914)
• 1884 » Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author († 1969)
• 1884 » Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer († 1957)

• 1866 » John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)

• 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 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• July 4 » Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
• December 21 » World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The temperature on June 5, 1879 was about 13.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.