About the day » Thursday September 26, 1878Calender converter

• Alberta Staal, Borger, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Theodorus Lips, Waspik
• Alida Wilhelmina Louisa Emde, Zwolle († 1958)
• Albertus Keller, Chasseneuil/Poi
• Agatha Maria Johanna van den Berg, Alkmaar († 1945)
• Aaltje Dolfsma, Lutjegast (Grootegast) († 1946)
• Adriana Van Nieuwenhuijzen, Dinteloord
• Albert Poeze, Hindeloopen, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Alida Dorothea Barens, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Adrianus Marinus Timmermans, Roosendaal († 1944)

• Mijntje (0), Terneuzen Nederland
• Anthonij Duinkerke (62), Yerseke gem. Reimerswaal Zld. NL
• Anna Stephan (65), Heuchelheim, Duitsland
• Adriaan Smallegange (0), Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Andries Tip (1), Zuidveen (Steenwijkerwold)
• Antje Jeepsd Kuiper (37)
• Albertus van HEEL (0), Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Allegonda Johanna Aarts (24), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Allagonda Johanna Aarts (24), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adam Deur (76), Wapenveld, province of Gelderland

• 1872 » Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer († 1945)
• 1873 » Wacław Berent, Polish author and translator († 1940)
• 1874 » Lewis Hine, American photographer and activist († 1940)
• 1875 » Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer († 1959)
• 1876 » Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and author († 1957)
• 1876 » Ghulam Bhik Nairang, Indian poet, lawyer, and politician († 1952)
• 1877 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor († 1962)
• 1877 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician († 1958)
• 1877 » Ugo Cerletti, Italian neurologist and academic († 1963)
• 1878 » Walter Steinbeck, German actor († 1942)

• 1820 » Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)

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.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• 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.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.

The temperature on September 26, 1878 was about 14.9 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.