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• Anna BRINCKS († 1922)
• Alice Louisa DARLING, Swindon, Wiltshire, England († 1973)
• Aaltje van Eck, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aebele van der Hoek, Utineradeel
• Albertus Tonnis Boerma, Groningen († 1896)
• Alietje Antonia Adelerhof
• Alida Maria de Rooij, Haarlem († 1881)
• Aaltje van Eck, Hoogeveen nederland
• Aleida van Groningen, Silvolde, Nederland
• Albertus van Kleef, Monnikendam

• Anna Elisabeth Hanegraaff (27), Arnhem
• Carolina Anthoinetta Henriette Theodorusz (0), Banda, Indonesië
• Anna Hendriks GAAIKEMA (49), Oldehove Groningen Netherlands
• Camillus Franciscus DE DECKER (1), Zuienkerke,8377,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Anna Cornelia de Koning (29), Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert BOUCHY, Glatigny (57), France
• Arij de Jong (2), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Afina Minnema (0), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Koppers (19), Zuilen
• Annigje BULT (28), Diever, Nederland, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1873 » Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian († 1942)
• 1875 » Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer († 1912)
• 1876 » Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece († 1966)
• 1877 » Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna († 1941)
• 1879 » Ethel Barrymore, American actress († 1959)
• 1881 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician († 1956)
• 1882 » Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian († 1972)
• 1882 » Marion Bauer, American composer and critic († 1955)
• 1883 » Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect († 1962)
• 1885 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1968)

• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 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.
• January 13 » In Mozart Gardens Brooklyn Ada Anderson completed a great feat of pedestrianism - 2700 quarter miles in 2700 quarter hours, earning her $8000.
• January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• May 21 » War of the Pacific: Two Chilean ships blocking the harbor of Iquique (then belonging to Peru) battle two Peruvian vessels in the Battle of Iquique.
• 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).

The temperature on August 15, 1879 was about 25.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%.