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• Adolf Stelten, Isenbruch, Duitsland († 1973)
• Anna Catharina RENOUT, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland,NL († 1926)
• Anna Maria Raaijmakers, Woensel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Warmerdam, Gemeente Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Angela Ameln, Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1931)
• Anna Lou Todd Basinger, Verona, Lawrence County, MO
• Aleidius Cornelis van Mourik Broekman, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1953)
• Anna van der Form, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Berends, Laude, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1927)
• Anna Maria Berends, Vlagtwedde († 1927)

• Abraham Cornelis de NEUFVILLE (34), Roma, 2330, Roma, Lazio, Italië
• Alida Steenhoff (84), Amsterdam
• Alberta Veenhoff (0), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Andriana Houtman (68), Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart van Maanen (48), Utrecht {UT}
• Aje Janssen Hatterman (65), Logan County, Illinois
• Albertha Harmina Sieders (1), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kuijpers (36), Mill, NL
• Agatha Geertruida Pirovano (0), Beverwijk
• Alberta Harmina Sieders (1), Enkhuizen

• 1865 » Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist († 1940)
• 1865 » Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader, founded BAPS († 1951)
• 1868 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1928)
• 1872 » Zane Grey, American author († 1939)
• 1881 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1884 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan († 1955)
• 1884 » Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1963)
• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)
• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)
• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)

• 1828 » Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
• 1836 » John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)

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. Hendrika
8. Catharina
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 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.
• March 23 » War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war is fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru.
• 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 January 31, 1879 was about -3.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.