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• Afien Bouwkamp, Wetsinge, gem. Adorp, Groningen, Nederland († 1956)
• Adrianus Smaal, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Adriaan Antonie van Meer, Oosterhout († 1892)
• Adriaan Sanderse, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1950)
• Aaltje Zeeman, Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Adrianus Gijsberts, Hulsel († 1931)
• Adriana Barbara van den Adel, Papendrecht
• Alle Franzes Klaver, Dokkum († 1932)
• Albertus Demmenie, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Alle Klaver, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1932)

• Christina Hermans (60), Stoppeldijk
• Andreas Soemers (57), Margraten, Limburg, Nederland
• Anje Willems Wieringa, Warffum, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Bloemenstein (76), Oss
• HOS (0), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Gurp (1), Vlijmen
• Andreas Soemers (57), Margraten (Eijsden-Margraten), Limburg, Nederland
• Aartje van der Heide (39), Elburg, Nederland
• Broer Annes Schaafsma (64), Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Heide (39)

• 1869 » John Heisman, American football player and coach († 1936)
• 1870 » Francis Kelley, Canadian-American bishop († 1948)
• 1873 » William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer († 1975)
• 1874 » Charles Kilpatrick, American runner and educator († 1921)
• 1875 » Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic († 1946)
• 1876 » Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Reich Ministry of Justice († 1970)
• 1880 » Dominikus Böhm, German architect († 1955)
• 1880 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress and singer († 1959)
• 1883 » Hugo Wast, Argentine writer († 1962)
• 1885 » Lawren Harris, Canadian painter and educator († 1970)

• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)

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 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.
• June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.

The temperature on October 23, 1878 was about 10.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.