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• Adriana Mouwen, Zwaluwe († 1917)
• * Evert van Twisk, Den Helder († 1963)
• Amelia Cox († 1890)
• Adrian Huberdine van den Berge, Vlissingen, Z, The Netherlands
• Alida Maria Lodewijka Tolsma, Barradeel
• Adrianus Aloijsius Gabri‰ls, Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1879)
• Aaltje Smilde, Maten, gem. Emmen († 1880)
• Anaïse Marie Debisschop, Ronse, Vlaams Gewest, België
• Adriana martina van der Graaf, Zierikzee († 1948)
• Adriaan de Fouw, Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1964)

• Anna Robertson (81), Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Bastiaan Gerritsz Snoek (63), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida van Brakel (68), Culemborg
• Calvin E CRAM (0), Mechanic Falls, Androscoggin, ME
• Anthonetta MOLENAAR (78), Barendrecht
• Alida Van Brakel (68), Culemborg
• Adriaan van Dongen (6), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van der Burg (0), Brielle
• Bastiaan Snoek (63), Brielle
• Antonius van der Zijden (0), Stompwijk

• 1868 » Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author († 1969)
• 1872 » Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper († 1957)
• 1875 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer († 1958)
• 1876 » Saya San, Burmese monk and activist († 1931)
• 1879 » B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer († 1956)
• 1882 » Sybil Thorndike, English actress († 1976)
• 1884 » Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor († 1944)
• 1885 » Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet († 1969)
• 1887 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot († 1917)
• 1887 » Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg († 1969)

• 1821 » Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
• 1824 » Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)

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.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• 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 October 24, 1878 was about 10.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.