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• Aafke Willems Dijkstra, Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adolph Bernard Schulte, Amsterdam († 1969)
• Adrianus KIL, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1880)
• Alfred Emile Oscar Godaert, Brugges, West Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1926)
• "Albrecht" Udo Wilhelm von Alvensleben, Ostrometzko, Pologne († 1945)
• Aaltje Jans Schonewille, Alteveer (Hoogeveen) († 1882)
• Adriaan David Verburg, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1918)
• - Leenders, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1879)
• Abraham Maliepaard, rotterdam (zuid holland) († 1879)
• Albertus Gasenbeek († 1955)

• Anna Maria Meeren, Ginneken en Bavel
• Anna Maria Kuipers (0), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Oostenrijk (92), Leiden
• Arij Oostenrijk (92), Leiden
• Andries Harmens Koster (85), Idaarderadeel 21
• Arie Oostenrijk (92), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arendje Bosman (9), Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• - Leenders (0), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Gloudemans (53), Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van Poeteren (72), 's Gravenhage

• 1869 » William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author († 1963)
• 1872 » Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator († 1898)
• 1878 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager († 1963)
• 1879 » Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer († 1959)
• 1884 » Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect († 1936)
• 1885 » Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner († 1939)
• 1886 » Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet († 1988)
• 1887 » James Paul Moody, English sailor († 1912)
• 1891 » Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier († 2007)
• 1892 » Charles Vanel, French actor and director († 1989)

• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1867 » Juan Álvarez, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1790)
• 1870 » Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)
• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)

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.
• January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
• September 18 » The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.

The temperature on August 21, 1879 was about 24.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.