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• Albert Henry (Bert) Penney, Mangonui, New Zealand († 1949)
• Aafje de Vries, Steenwijk († 1924)
• Aaltje Mol, Giethoorn († 1881)
• Aaltje Jans Postma, Leeuwarden († 1879)
• Adam Feltis, Derby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario († 1968)
• Alexander de Haan, amsterdam
• Albert Koekkoek, Windeweer († 1956)
• Agatha van den Oever, Scheveningen († 1918)
• Aartje van Millingen, Putten († 1926)
• Andrina Nederveen, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Nederland

• Aaltje Venema (29), Klijndijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Christopher ELLIOTT (59), Hulcott, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
• Antonius (Antoine, Antoon) VAN IMMERSEEL (80), Graauw en Langendam,Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Augustinus Dionysius Maes (0), Mariekerke
• Berdina Landwehr Johann (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Jansz van der Wal (66), Herwijnen
• Christina Johanna Haverkamp (0), Hilversum
• Krikke ( Krikken) (0), Zuidwolde ( Dr )
• Catharina Jacomina Themmen (72), Peize
• Adriana van Dijke (0), Tholen

• 1872 » Mary Engle Pennington, American bacteriological chemist and refrigeration engineer († 1952)
• 1873 » Alexey Shchusev, Russian architect and academic, designed Lenin's Mausoleum († 1949)
• 1873 » Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer († 1967)
• 1875 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player and golfer († 1919)
• 1876 » Frederick Montague, 1st Baron Amwell, English lieutenant and politician († 1966)
• 1877 » Hans Heysen, German-Australian painter († 1968)
• 1879 » Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor († 1956)
• 1882 » Harry McClintock, American singer-songwriter and poet († 1957)
• 1883 » Dick Burnett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1977)
• 1883 » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)

• 1821 » Juan O'Donojú, last Spanish ruler of Mexico (b. 1762)
• 1834 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)

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 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on October 8, 1878 was about 14.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.