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• Aartje van de MERWE, Hekelingen
• Amelia Sophia Dils, Wiekevorst, 2222, Antwerpen, België
• Alexander Frederici († 1916)
• Anna Stortenbeek, AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Achille Camille Develtere, Geluwe, West Flanders, Belgium
• Annegien SIPSMA, Groningen
• Anthonie van Harberden, Wilnis
• Antonia de Ridder, Zevenbergen
• Amelia BAKER, Mangatawhiri, Auckland, New Zealand († 1976)
• Adrianus Kooijman, Heinenoord († 1880)

• Anna Catharina Gubbels (56), Heythuysen, Nederland
• Anne Maurice Thomas de Pange (65), en son château de Pange, Pange (Moselle)
• Adrianus van der Ouderaa (65), Middelburg, Gemeente Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arij van Kralingen (64), Hoogvliet
• Arjen Dirks van der Schaaf (6), Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antje Hendriks Woudstra (86), Oudeschoot
• Adolph Bohne (4), Mt Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States
• Arij Bastiaansz van KRALINGEN (64), Hoogvliet
• Annichje Kannegieter (57), Benneveld (Zweeloo)
• Arij Bastiaansz van Kralingen (64), Hoogvliet

• 1860 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and illustrator († 1900)
• 1870 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia († 1891)
• 1871 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1937)
• 1883 » Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist († 1931)
• 1884 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1885 » Tedda Courtney, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1957)
• 1890 » Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot († 1918)
• 1893 » Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana († 1935)
• 1896 » Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright († 1983)
• 1898 » Shirley Booth, American actress and singer († 1992)

• 1856 » Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)
• 1879 » John Bell Hood, American general (b. 1831)
• 1886 » Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia (b. 1824)
• 1906 » Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect and educator, designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general (b. 1821)
• 1928 » Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1935 » Henri Barbusse, French journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1935 » Namık İsmail, Turkish painter and educator (b. 1890)

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 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on August 30, 1878 was about 20.3 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.