About the day » Sunday July 13, 1879Calender converter

• Alida van der Molen, Broek op Langedijk († 1965)
• Abraham Zeevaard, Kruiningen, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Alida Pieterdr Van der Molen, Broek op Langedijk († 1965)
• Adriana Lena Kerpestein, Yerseke
• Anna Smiers, Schermerhorn, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• ADRIANA BARBERA SWETS, HARDINXVELD († 1957)
• Adrianus Venmans, Liempde († 1914)
• Adèle Isebergue Marie Joseph DELAUTRE, Tangry, 62805, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Abraham Schaap, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
• Anne van den Bos, Opsterland († 1972)

• Anna Catharina Nankemann (13), Neurhede
• Arij Gerrits Stam (81), Numansdorp, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Verheijen (75), Baarle-Nassau
• Anna Petronella Theresia Maria van Rijckevorsel (58), ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Antje Alberts Wijma (Weima) (69), Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrikse (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Beekman (63), Veldhunten (Gendringen)
• Anna Catharina Verbeek (60), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje Alberts Wijma (69), Kooten
• Antje Alberts Wijma (69), Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1863 » Margaret Murray, British archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist († 1963)
• 1864 » John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel and businessman († 1912)
• 1877 » Robert Henry Mathews, Australian linguist and missionary († 1970)
• 1884 » Yrjö Saarela, Finnish wrestler and coach († 1951)
• 1889 » Emma Asson, Estonian educator and politician († 1965)
• 1889 » Stan Coveleski, American baseball player († 1984)
• 1892 » Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American discus and javelin thrower († 1955)
• 1892 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator († 1941)
• 1894 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright († 1940)
• 1895 » Sidney Blackmer, American actor († 1973)

• 1881 » John C. Pemberton, American general (b. 1814)
• 1889 » Robert Hamerling, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1830)
• 1890 » Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1890 » John C. Frémont, American general and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (b. 1813)
• 1893 » Young Man Afraid of His Horses, American tribal chief (b. 1836)
• 1896 » August Kekulé, German chemist and academic (b. 1829)
• 1907 » Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1911 » Allan McLean, Scottish-Australian politician, 19th Premier of Victoria (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Martin Dies Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1870)

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 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• May 2 » The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party is founded in Madrid by Pablo Iglesias.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on July 13, 1879 was about 20.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.