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• Albertus Meijeringh, Borger,Drenthe,Niederlande,Buinen († 1878)
• Albertus Theodorus Koekkoek, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1878)
• Anna Menten
• Adrianus Alouisius van der Maade, Gilze en Rijen († 1953)
• Almira Russell Hancock, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1915)
• Albert Willem Wichers, Surabaya (Jawa Timur, Indonesia) († 1957)
• Jaantje Jacobus Tempelman, Krimpen aan de IJssel
• Aloysius Modestus Dewilde, Klerken West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje van den Belt (van den Beld), Hoornerveen, Nederland († 1918)
• Ada Bell Reeves Alley, Wayne County, Tennessee († 1921)

• Aaltje Scherpenzeel (0), Eemnes, UTR, Nederland
• Amelia Theresia Carly (70), Roeselare,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Andries van Dijk (5), Doezum, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Buitenpost (0), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Willems van DIJK (5), Doezum, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• * Petrus (Peter) Bennemans (57), Ammerzoden
• Aleida Elisabet Wagenvoort (76), Amsterdam
• Alexander Richardson M.D. [Rc 6] (32)
• Anders Nilsson (80), Gummesgård, Angelstad, Kronoberg, Sweden
• Steltman, bergum

• 1869 » Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician († 1937)
• 1870 » George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician († 1952)
• 1875 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1882 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist († 1944)
• 1883 » Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer († 1970)
• 1886 » Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle († 1947)
• 1887 » Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1892 » George Wilson, English footballer († 1961)
• 1892 » Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer († 1992)
• 1892 » Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian († 1984)

• 1867 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
• 1874 » Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
• 1883 » Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 » Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 » Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
• 1892 » Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1898 » Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Wilhelmus
15. Gerardus
16. Klaas

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Trijntje
13. Neeltje
14. Jacoba
15. Antje
16. Geertruida

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
• December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

The temperature on January 14, 1878 was about 6.6 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.