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• Anna Jacomina Harms († 1947)
• Aaltje Wegter, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1938)
• Adolph Metelmann "1.Dänischer Zweig", Rendsburg-Seemühlen, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein
• Adrianus Johannes Geeve, Rhoon,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1884)
• Anna Maria Hellemink, Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 1979)
• Abraham van Wageningen, s-Gravenhage,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Aalbregt Vette, Borssele († 1880)
• Anna Adriana van der Kooij, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Albartus van Toorn, Echteld († 1878)
• Aartje van der Kolk, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1880)

• Anna Louise Lawler (0), Clare, Webster, Iowa, United States
• Anna de Looff (69), Kortgene, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna de Looff (69), Kortgene (69jr)
• Aaltjen Creemer (43), Steenwijksmoer (Coevorden)
• Antonie van Wijk (72), Wijk en Aalburg
• abraham van der WAAL (0), oudenhoorn
• Ailey Charlotte Tynes (36), Nansemond, Virginia
• Aaldert de Jongh (1), Beesd
• Adriana de Wit (39), Hilvarenbeek
• Ariaantje Schuitemaker (63), Benningbroek, Nederland

• 1867 » Hector Guimard, French-American architect († 1942)
• 1867 » Lillian Wald, American nurse, humanitarian, and author, founded the Henry Street Settlement († 1940)
• 1870 » David Riazanov, Russian theorist and politician († 1938)
• 1873 » Jakob Wassermann, German-Austrian soldier and author († 1934)
• 1876 » Anna Hyatt Huntington, American sculptor († 1973)
• 1877 » Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexican diplomat and president (1930-1932) († 1963)
• 1881 » Jessie Boswell, English painter († 1956)
• 1888 » Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor († 1961)
• 1890 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania († 1939)
• 1892 » Arthur Honegger, French composer and educator († 1955)

• 1832 » Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
• 1861 » Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet, playwright, and ethnographer (b. 1814)
• 1872 » Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
• 1895 » Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (b. 1825)
• 1897 » Savitribai Phule, Indian poet and activist (b. 1831)
• 1898 » Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Karl Lueger, Austrian lawyer and politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
• 1913 » Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (b. c.1820)
• 1925 » Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (b. 1878)

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.
• January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.

The temperature on March 10, 1878 was about 5.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.