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• Aartje Adriana Dalm, De Werken en Sleeuwijk († 1942)
• Vloemans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Verweij, Lopik
• Andries MUIS, Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Abraham Noordam, Naaldwijk († 1958)
• Adriana Buitendijk, Zuidland
• Adrianus Braber, stad a/h haringvliet (goeree overflakkee) († 1957)
• Abraham Koorenneef, Schiedam († 1958)
• abel paul MINIOT, Jemappes (Belgium)
• Albertje Luttjeboer, Westerlee (gem. Oldambt) († 1947)

• Auguste Désiré Joseph AVEZ (76), Lille (59)
• Arend BOLHUIS (0), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Willem SCHOEHUIJS (0), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Van DELDEN (twin) (0), Sappemeer, Groningen, NETHERLANDS
• Coleta Joanna Kerremans, Gent,9000,Oost-Vlaanderen,België
• Adrianus Volkmaars (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annetta Keuning (0), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Cornelia de GAST Jdr (0), Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Berend van Delden (0), Sappemeer
• Berend Beekman (42), Apeldoorn, des voormiddags ten één ure

• 1867 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator († 1939)
• 1869 » Ben Turpin, American comedian and actor († 1940)
• 1871 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter († 1938)
• 1882 » Christopher Stone, English radio host († 1965)
• 1883 » Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist († 1975)
• 1887 » Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1972)
• 1887 » Lynne Overman, American actor and singer († 1943)
• 1888 » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist († 1971)
• 1888 » Porter Hall, American actor († 1953)
• 1889 » Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author († 1999)

• 1843 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)
• 1863 » Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)
• 1868 » William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1873 » Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1811)
• 1881 » James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)
• 1902 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)
• 1905 » Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1906 » Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
• 1924 » Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)

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 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• 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.
• December 28 » Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on September 19, 1879 was about 15.9 °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 91%.