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• Anna Maria Selke, Barao RS Brasil († 1944)
• Anthonius Johannes Laurens Wessels, Breda († 1928)
• Anna Wissink, Zalk († 1880)
• Andries van Valenberg, Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1879)
• Aaltje Ariens Kraan van der, Zegwaard (=Ztm) († 1941)
• Adrianus DE GARDE, Vught
• Adriana Linde van der, Dreischor († 1952)
• Adriana Dymphina Pols, Duisburg (D)
• Anselmus LANGENDIJK, Sneek(Friesland) († 1881)
• Albert Joseph Krohn Sr, Germany († 1935)

• Arnolda Karlas (2), Mijdrecht
• Arnoldus Pennings (67), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriaan van der Burg (0), Nijmegen
• Antje Boot (18), Hoogwoud
• Arris of Aris van Veldhuizen, Apeldoorn
• Anna Haasteren (76), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Harenberg (73), Warnsveld (Zutphen)
• Aaltje Doornbos (27), Zuidbroek
• Alphonsus Ludovicus Hubertus Huijdts (20), Sint Pieter, Limburg, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria Brants (9), Amsterdam

• 1867 » Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach († 1918)
• 1870 » Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer († 1950)
• 1871 » William Holman, English-Australian politician, 19th Premier of New South Wales († 1934)
• 1876 » Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician († 1970)
• 1876 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia († 1934)
• 1884 » Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic († 1949)
• 1884 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist († 1941)
• 1887 » Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1967)
• 1888 » Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq († 1965)
• 1890 » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager († 1957)

• 1844 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1859 » John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Viktor Hartmann, Russian architect and painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)

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. Trijntje
14. Jacoba
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 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
• February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
• July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

The temperature on August 4, 1879 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.