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July 20, 1879Born on Monday July 21, 1879
- Albartus van Roekel, Wageningen
- Adrianus Vos, Poederoijen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Helena Jacoba Renes, Utrecht
- EBEN, Zonhoven, 71066, Hasselt, Belgique († 1879)
- Anna Cornelia van Straten, Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
- Aaltje van der Vliet, Hoogkerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1960)
- Aagje van der Schoor, Oud-Beijerland († 1952)
- Adriana Wageveld, Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
- Adolf Schramm, Hamburg, Deutschland († 1934)
- Verhoeven Petrus Josephus, Beerse, Antwerpen, België
Died on Monday July 21, 1879
- Adriana van der Meer (68), Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aukje Sijbes Jensma (77), Beets, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Arie de Jong (1), Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
- EBEN (0), Zonhoven, 71066, Hasselt, Belgique
- Adriana Schutter (35), Rotterdam
- Adriana Vingerling (89), Gouda
- Antonie Kuhn (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Abraham Vilders (79), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Balentina Paulina (Anna) de Cuba (21), Aruba
- Alida Johanna van Ommen (2), Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 21, 1879 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De standaard
- Soerabaijasch handelsblad
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
Born on July 21
- 1863 » C. Aubrey Smith, English-American cricketer and actor († 1948)
- 1866 » Carlos Schwabe, Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker († 1926)
- 1870 » Emil Orlík, Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer († 1932)
- 1875 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1947)
- 1880 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician († 1919)
- 1882 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator († 1967)
- 1885 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)
- 1891 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier († 1969)
- 1893 » Hans Fallada, German author († 1947)
- 1896 » Sophie Bledsoe Aberle, Native American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist († 1996)
Died on July 21
- 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
- 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
- 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
- 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
- 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
- 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
- 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
- 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
- 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
- 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
Names that were popular for boys in 1879
- Johannes
- Jan
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Joseph
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Franciscus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1879
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Marie
- Helena
- Grietje
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1879
- 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.
- March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
- May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
- October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.
- October 21 » Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
- 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).
- December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
The weather on Monday July 21, 1879
The temperature on July 21, 1879 was about 12.8 °C. There was 22 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI