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• Adriana van der Starre, Monster
• Aafje Hoorn, Diever, Westerveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Reinders, Hardenberg († 1901)
• Amelia Marie SAELENS (Salens), Sint-Andries Brugge († 1936)
• Alfred G. Woods, Ironton, OH
• Alida van Selm, Wijk Bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1924)
• ANNA GERRARDA VAN VLIET, DELFSHAVEN († 1947)
• Aaltje Hensema, Oude Pekela (Groningen) († 1904)
• Aafje van Diepen, Blokker, North Holland, Netherlands († 1965)
• Alfred Philip MIGHELL, Brighton, Sussex, England († 1943)

• Agatha Balkema (64), Noordhorn, gem. Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Atze Jacobs Hoeksma (83), Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Marie Weiers (74), Sheboygan county, Wisconsin (USA)
• ARIE SPAANS (33), SCHEVENINGEN (GEMEENTE 'S-GRAVENHAGE)
• Bastiaantje Jacobs (0), Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Cornelis" Molenaar (82), Hoogkarspel
• Anna Elizabeth ter Haghaa (55), Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
• Antonetta Goorden (39), Rucphen (NL)
• Anna Schanekamp (68), Wijhe (Herxen),, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amalia van Thurn-Valsássina-Hofer (77), Aiello-del-Friuli, Frioul-Julisch Venetië

• 1870 » Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1872 » Thomas N. Heffron, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1951)
• 1873 » Karin Swanström, Swedish actress, director, and producer († 1942)
• 1875 » Paul Neumann, Austrian swimmer and physician († 1932)
• 1876 » William Sealy Gosset, English chemist and statistician († 1937)
• 1879 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs († 1929)
• 1879 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician († 1941)
• 1884 » Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and academic († 1978)
• 1884 » Leon Chwistek, Polish painter, philosopher, and mathematician († 1944)
• 1885 » Henry George Lamond, Australian farmer and author († 1969)

• 1846 » Jean-Baptiste Benoît Eyriès, French geographer and author (b. 1767)
• 1861 » Henry Gray, English anatomist and surgeon (b. 1827)
• 1881 » Joseph Škoda, Czech physician and dermatologist (b. 1805)
• 1886 » Ludwig II, king of Bavaria (b. 1845)
• 1894 » John Cox Bray, Australian politician, 15th Premier of South Australia (b. 1842)
• 1898 » Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840)
• 1904 » Nikiforos Lytras, Greek painter and educator (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Louis-Philippe Hébert, Canadian sculptor (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Michael Alexandrovich, Russian Grand Duke (b. 1878)
• 1930 » Henry Segrave, American-English racing driver (b. 1896)

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 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• 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.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on June 13, 1878 was about 14.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.