About the day » Friday September 26, 1879Calender converter

• Mustert, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van de Bovenkamp, Veenendaal († 1879)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Breij, Vreeland († 1946)
• Adrianus Spelt, Lopik († 1962)
• van Hoof, Bladel
• Albertus Versluis, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1963)
• Aaltjen de Lange, Vollenhove, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Nederland († 1959)
• Adriana Maria Burger, Naaldwijk (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Alida KROESSEN, Utrecht († 1944)
• Adrianus Johannes Jacobus Kerckhof, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)

• Bouwe TROOST (28)
• Bernardus Florus Sloof (0), Kamerik
• Bastiaantje Boef (1), Bodegraven
• Catharina Maria Reijnierse (0), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Anneken ten Beerthuis (36), Lonneker
• Bernardus Floris Sloof (0), Kamerik
• Anna Droog (73), Beverwijk
• Adrianus Noordam (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie Kelderman (1), Renkum (Gelderland)
• Catharina Maria Reijnierse (0), Koudekerke, Nederland

• 1873 » Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator († 1940)
• 1874 » Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist († 1940)
• 1875 » Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer († 1959)
• 1876 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author († 1957)
• 1876 » Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician († 1952)
• 1877 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1962)
• 1877 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician († 1958)
• 1877 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic († 1963)
• 1878 » Walter Steinbeck, German actor († 1942)
• 1884 » Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 1951)

• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)

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 11 » The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
• January 22 » The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also during the Anglo-Zulu War and just some 15km away from Isandlwana, results in a British victory.
• February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
• May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
• August 28 » Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on September 26, 1879 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.