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• Adriana Storm, Rotterdam
• Abraham Roels HUISMAN, Ureterp, Opsterland, Fryslân, Nederland († 1963)
• Abraham Huisman, Ureterp, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1963)
• Cornelis Oosterom, Jaarsveld
• Aaltje Geertruida Tammens, Pieterburen, gem. Eenrum, Groningen, Nederland († 1950)
• Abraham Huisman, Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1963)
• Andries van Poorten, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Anna Angerhausen, Huckingen-Duisburg (D.)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Feijts, Merkelbeek, Limburg, Nederland († 1879)
• Aafje EliSabeth van Keulen Brons, Rotterdam

• Aaltje Kiers (13), Dalen
• Carolina VAN WILDER (31), Gooik,1755,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Arij Christiaansz Lalleman (72), Monster (Westland), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anonymus Wöhr (0)
• Anna Droog (73), Beverwijk
• Adriaan Dobbelaar (68), Axel (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Bernardus Berens Wezenberg (80), Kampen
• Bernardus Wezenberg (80), Kampen
• Augustus Braem (40), Emelgem
• Alida Elizabetha Frigge (37), Delft

• 1864 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest and politician († 1938)
• 1866 » Eurosia Fabris, Italian saint († 1932)
• 1871 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1936)
• 1879 » Cyril Scott, English poet and composer († 1970)
• 1879 » Frederick Schule, American hurdler and coach († 1962)
• 1879 » Hans Hahn, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1934)
• 1882 » Dorothy Greenhough-Smith, English figure skater and tennis player († 1965)
• 1885 » Charles Benjamin Howard, Canadian businessman and politician († 1964)
• 1885 » Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician († 1965)
• 1892 » George Bambridge, English diplomat († 1943)

• 1838 » Bernard Courtois, French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1777)
• 1876 » Braxton Bragg, American general (b. 1817)
• 1886 » Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist and politician (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Ivan Goncharov, Russian author and critic (b. 1812)
• 1898 » Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1911 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
• 1917 » Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
• 1919 » Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1843)
• 1921 » Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (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 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.
• February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• May 14 » The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
• October 7 » Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.

The temperature on September 27, 1879 was about 15.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%.