About the day » Sunday June 8, 1879Calender converter

• Alfred Lehmann
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Nederpel, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Catharina Pagé, Middelburg († 1931)
• Adriana Maria de Lint, Zevenbergen (N.B.) († 1954)
• Adriana Voormolen, Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1948)
• Aafien Koster, Bedum, Groningen, Nederland († 1966)
• Aaltje Hajee, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Blij, Leiden († 1953)
• Aleida Anink ?, Apeldoorn
• Aaltje Beenen, Terband, Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands

• Arend van den Burg (53), Steenwijk
• Adrianus Theunisz Teunisz van Diggelen (78), Zaltbommel
• Anna Aleida Moorman (30), Erica
• Anna Aleida Moorman (30), Erica, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• Camille Athénaïs Honorine van Monaco (95), Parijs
• Agatha BERGMAN (0), Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Adriaans (68), Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Albertus van der Elst (5), Bennebroek
• Arnoldus Arts (0), Leende
• Berend Trip (2), Bonnerveen

• 1867 » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater († 1959)
• 1868 » Robert Robinson Taylor, American architect († 1942)
• 1872 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator († 1949)
• 1875 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author († 1934)
• 1876 » Alexandre Tuffère, Greek-French triple jumper († 1958)
• 1885 » Karl Genzken, German physician († 1957)
• 1891 » William Funnell, Australian public servant († 1962)
• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1893 » Gaby Morlay, French actress († 1964)
• 1894 » Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist († 1942)

• 1835 » Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Italian economist and jurist (b. 1761)
• 1845 » Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)

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.
• March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
• 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 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).

The temperature on June 8, 1879 was about 14.6 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.