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• Andreas Ligthart, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1911)
• Ale Andries Roorda, Harkema-Opeinde, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherl
• Aalzen Aalzens Adema, Terwispel († 1899)
• Ale Andries Roorda, Harkema Opeinde
• Aagje de Vries, Ransdorp († 1987)
• Albertus Leenards, Amersfoort
• Adriana Johanna Driessen, Breda
• Adolphina Petronella Prins, Pekalongan (NOI) († 1952)
• Aaltje Bronk, Buurmalsen († 1880)
• Aaltje van de Kleut, Maarn († 1942)

• Agatha van den Doel (67), Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Coenradus Joannessen Burgers (78), Beek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Pelt (72), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Catharina Elisabeth Snoeck (64), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bonne Bonnema (48), 't Zandt, Zeerijp, Groningen, Nederland
• Bastiaan Goudriaan (50), Streefkerk, Liesveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Coenradus Johannes van BRUMMEN (48), Zwolle, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Christina Jansz (0), Velsen (Middenduin)
• Angelina GOEMAN (60), Ruisbroek,1601,Brabant Flamand,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Aleida Nijhuis (65), Hengelo

• 1873 » Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator († 1959)
• 1874 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress († 1944)
• 1875 » Francis Aveling, Canadian psychologist and priest († 1941)
• 1875 » Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal († 1955)
• 1876 » Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1876 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan († 1948)
• 1878 » Joseph M. Schenck, Russian-American film producer († 1961)
• 1878 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Chevrolet († 1941)
• 1878 » Noël, Countess of Rothes, philanthropist, social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster († 1956)
• 1883 » Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1975)

• 1824 » Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
• 1875 » Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)

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.
• 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 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
• 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.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on December 25, 1878 was about -2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.