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• Alijda Berendina Hermina Hulst, Bemmel, Lingewaard († 1907)
• Post, Oudega, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Brinkman, Zutphen († 1880)
• Adrianus Kievit, Nieuwe-Tonge († 1901)
• Aafje Polle, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1880)
• Aaltje Tijben, Emmen,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1951)
• Alle Jans Wagenaar, Nijega († 1888)
• Anna Maria Gilia van den Berg, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Tijben, Emmen
• Alice Maud Steele, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia († 1938)

• Antonia Maria Sophia Bleuanus (1), Gorinchem
• Conrard Huijs (75), Helden
• Antonetta van Ruth (0), Stratum (Eindhoven)
• Anthonie Hogervorst (Hoogervorst) (0), Alphen aan den Rijn Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dirix (69), Wittem,Gulpen-Wittem,Limburg,Netherlands
• Andrys Simons Appelhof (65), Wytgaard (LWL), Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Barbe Cecile TRYBOU, Staden, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aron van Gelder (13), Borne, 7620, Nederland
• Adriaan van Doormaal (59), Diessen
• Anna Maria Meijer (53), Weerselo, OV, Nederland

• 1865 » Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician († 1952)
• 1866 » Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1943)
• 1873 » Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator († 1897)
• 1877 » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1956)
• 1878 » Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop († 1961)
• 1878 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat († 1920)
• 1878 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal († 1946)
• 1883 » Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria († 1963)
• 1884 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic († 1970)
• 1892 » Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director († 1965)

• 1834 » Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757)
• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (b. 1867)

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.
• February 8 » The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in Sydney.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

The temperature on September 2, 1879 was about 18.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.