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• Aagje Alberus Folkers, Winschoten
• Aaltje Koelewijn, Bunschoten, Nederland († 1879)
• Abraham Fredrik van der Mijl Dekker, Gerontalo, Celebes
• Degens († 1966)
• Tinbergen, Middelburg († 1878)
• Adrianus Pijnenburg, Bokhoven
• "Jean" Jules Eugène Duhesme, Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France († 1945)
• Adrianus Lambertus van Laerhoven, Tilburg († 1926)
• Aaltje Dijkstra, Nijega († 1879)
• Aaltje Weites, Harkstede (Slochteren) († 1906)

• Anna Miriam Johns (6), North Ogden, Weber, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Willem Fredriksz (58), Semarang
• Cornelis Windt (0), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Franke (1), Scherpenisse
• Bernard Henrich Baumeister "Boumeester" (61), Stadtlohn-Estern, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Charlotte Elizabeth Morrice (98)
• Albert Wagenaar (28), Duur (gem. Olst)
• Adrianus Joore (0), Raamsdonkveer,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Coleta Carolina Pannier (74), Brugge
• Jitske Dirks Kuipers (84), Achtkarspelen

• 1867 » Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic († 1902)
• 1869 » Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen, English art dealer († 1939)
• 1871 » Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher († 1942)
• 1872 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player († 1910)
• 1882 » Éamon de Valera, American-Irish rebel and politician, 3rd President of Ireland († 1975)
• 1882 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire († 1959)
• 1888 » Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1923)
• 1888 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance († 1947)
• 1890 » Dwight D. Eisenhower, American general and politician, 34th President of the United States († 1969)
• 1892 » Sumner Welles, American politician and diplomat, 11th Under Secretary of State († 1961)

• 1831 » Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer and educator (b. 1761)
• 1911 » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1833)
• 1923 » Marcellus Emants, Dutch-Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1848)
• 1929 » Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (b. 1844)
• 1930 » Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (b. 1837)
• 1942 » Noboru Yamaguchi, Japanese mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Sobibór uprising:
• 1944 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Émile Sarrade, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1894)

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 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on October 14, 1878 was about 8.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.