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• Abraham Schievink, Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1881)
• Abraham Harmens Schievink, Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1881)
• Aaltje AARTSE, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Mattheus Jobels, Gorinchem, Nederland
• Abraham Harms Schievink, Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1881)
• * Jan Lingen, Ouderkerk aan de IJssel († 1959)
• Aaltje Aartse, Rhenen
• Aart Meijer, Kralingen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)
• Aartje Overbosch, Epe
• Abraham Mattheus Jobels, Gorinchem

• Anna Maria Pluimen (29), Swalmen, Nederland
• Annette Lage (67), (GR) Groningen
• Anna Oosterveer (0), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan de BRUIJN (61), Raamsdonk, 4125, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ann Grantham (90), Robeson, North Carolina, United States
• Aaltje Baan (74), Opperdoes
• Aletta (Letta) Vermeulen (81), Maurik
• Adriana Hartjesveld (87), Zierikzee
• Adriaan van Esch (73), Roosendaal
• Anna Maria Catharina Hulsbosch (0), Linne

• 1870 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland († 1956)
• 1871 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer († 1950)
• 1874 » Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician, 1st President of Israel († 1952)
• 1874 » Charles A. Beard, American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School († 1948)
• 1875 » Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast († 1962)
• 1877 » Katharine Anthony, American biographer († 1965)
• 1878 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach († 1969)
• 1878 » Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian poet and critic († 1948)
• 1885 » Daniel Mendaille, French actor († 1963)
• 1885 » Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright († 1944)

• 1852 » Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)
• 1875 » Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)
• 1881 » Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
• 1884 » Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
• 1895 » Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1899 » Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
• 1908 » Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
• 1916 » Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)
• 1919 » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)

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.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• 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 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.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

The temperature on November 27, 1878 was about 10.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.