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• Anna Maria Dijs, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aldegondis Welter, Gellik
• Adriaantje WAALBOER, Goudswaard († 1880)
• Albertus Wallegie, Wijhe († 1959)
• Albert de Boer, Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Vuurens, Hardinxveld, Netherlands († 1879)
• Ambrose Green Wesley [iWk1:a]iWk, Pulaski County, Kentucky († 1951)
• Annetta Catharina Isings, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1933)
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• Alexandre Jean Marie GRANGER, Saint-M'Hervé, 35300, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne

• Antonia Helsdingen van (66), Kamerik
• Carl Shurz Hathorn (1), Lawrence CO., MS
• Abraham Noordervliet (0), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bernard van Bebber (70), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina Senn van Basel (64), Twello
• Annie Marguerite MOORHOUSE (0), Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
• van Dijl, Utrecht
• Adrianus Cornelis van den Broek (2), Utrecht
• Anna Sophia Hiensch (75), Amsterdam
• Anna Helena Korte (71), Segberg, Haren

• 1874 » Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor († 1951)
• 1875 » Antonio Machado, Spanish poet and academic († 1939)
• 1875 » Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist († 1961)
• 1877 » Jesse Lauriston Livermore, American investor and security analyst, "Great Bear of Wall Street" († 1940)
• 1878 » Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player († 1937)
• 1879 » Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War († 1962)
• 1880 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic († 1951)
• 1882 » Albert Dunstan, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of Victoria († 1950)
• 1885 » André Maurois, French soldier and author († 1967)
• 1885 » Roy Castleton, American Major League Baseball player (d.1967)

• 1863 » Sam Houston, American general and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
• 1867 » Otto, king of Greece (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Ulises Heureaux, 22nd, 26th, and 27th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1845)
• 1915 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Edward Poynter, English painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Howard Vernon, Australian actor (b. 1848)
• 1925 » Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
• 1925 » William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
• 1926 » Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1843)

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.
• February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• 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.
• 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.
• May 31 » Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue.
• 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.

The temperature on July 26, 1879 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.