About the day » Wednesday March 27, 1878Calender converter

• Henneman, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Albertus Peek, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Aaltje Stavast, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Plomp, Vrijenban († 1878)
• Heintje Sloesarwij, Kockengen
• Adela Emma Ognibeni († 1937)
• Adrianus Peterse, Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 1878)
• Abe Sluis van der, Lemsterland
• Albert Edward HELM, White Rock, Mariposa County, California († 1951)
• Ettema, Idzega († 1878)

• Adriaan de Jonge (9), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Aloijsius Josephus van Pinxteren (1), Schiedam
• Diewertje Langmuur (76), Leiden
• Adriana van Randeraat (0), Nieuwkoop, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Zeylemaker (0), Vlieland
• Abraham Noach Wijland (18), Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
• (Ongehuwd) Berend Alberts Dekker (55), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Henneman (0), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Peterse (0)
• Aaltien Staal (62), Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1875 » Albert Marquet, French painter († 1947)
• 1877 » Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer († 1947)
• 1878 » Kathleen Scott, British sculptor († 1947)
• 1879 » Edward Steichen, Luxembourger-American painter and photographer († 1973)
• 1879 » Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager († 1929)
• 1879 » Sándor Garbai, Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1947)
• 1881 » Arkady Averchenko, Russian playwright and satirist († 1925)
• 1882 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist († 1965)
• 1883 » Marie Under, Estonian author and poet († 1980)
• 1884 » Gordon Thomson, English rower and lieutenant († 1953)

• 1864 » Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
• 1869 » James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
• 1875 » Edgar Quinet, French historian and academic (b. 1803)
• 1875 » Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
• 1878 » George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
• 1886 » Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
• 1889 » John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
• 1900 » Joseph A. Campbell, American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (b. 1817)

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 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 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• 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.
• 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 March 27, 1878 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.