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• Akke RISSELADA, Pingjum, FR. NL († 1902)
• Albert Bal, Scheveningen († 1880)
• Andreas Matthias Tschur, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacobus Hugo Peters, Benthuizen
• Anna Maria van Grinsven, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1942)
• Adriaantje Meijer, Oude-Tonge
• Alle Wytzes van Wijk, Ooststellingwerf
• Heemskerk, Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Leontina Begijn, Westdorpe, Sas Van Gent, Zeeland, Nederland († 1967)
• Alonzo Dunham Potter, Gurnee, Warren Township, Lake, Illinois, United States († 1957)

• Alijda Maria Viersen (0), Amersfoort
• Adriana van der Hout (64), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Maria Johanna (Leermans ~ Lurmans) Luurmans (0), Eindhoven
• Bastiaantje van Driel (13), Dubbeldam
• Aukje Rijma (38), Leeuwarderadeel
• Annette Henriette Torringa (0), Zuurdijk
• Aaltje Kruit (0), Hillegersberg
• Alfred George Farquhar Farquhar Bernard (55), Singapore
• Antonius van Hulst (52), Druten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna van den Boom (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1868 » Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council († 1947)
• 1869 » Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic († 1945)
• 1869 » Walford Davies, English organist and composer († 1941)
• 1876 » John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1935)
• 1879 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany († 1956)
• 1879 » Max Schreck, German actor († 1936)
• 1885 » Otto Kruger, American actor († 1974)
• 1888 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom († 1969)
• 1889 » Louis Silvers, American composer († 1954)
• 1890 » Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer († 1960)

• 1836 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)
• 1868 » Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
• 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
• 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)

• 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 22 » The Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo-Zulu War results in a British defeat.
• January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
• January 25 » The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
• March 11 » Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.
• July 1 » Charles Taze Russell publishes the first edition of the religious magazine The Watchtower.
• December 31 » Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

The temperature on September 6, 1879 was about 15.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.