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• Adriana Maria Wagemakers, Tilburg († 1946)
• Agina Maria Koetse, Wildervank (gem. Veendam)
• Anna Adriana Kieboom, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1970)
• Anna Margaretha Fährmann, Altharen, Haren (Ems)
• Andries Willem Frederik Koningsfeld, Amsterdam
• Stoop, Zevenbergen († 1966)
• Aernoudt Willem van Haeften, Semarang
• Andries van Sante, Amsterdam († 1878)
• Anna Margaretha Fehrmann, Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Wouter Blesma, Franeker († 1881)

• Annigje Jans de Wilde (70), Eursinge (Beilen)
• Anna Maria Helena Saeijs (34), Haarlem
• Alphonse Charles Léon François Beaufaux (3), Wavre, Brabant Wallon, Belgique
• Anna Jongeleen (79), Kralingen
• Anna Maria Kemp, Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Helena Saeijs (34), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Frielings (77), Wijmeer (Dld.)
• Adriaan de Jong (61), Edam, Volendam-Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Freerks Barkhuis (61), Vlagtwedde
• Adriaan Buck de (41), Koudekerke

• 1867 » Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and public servant († 1957)
• 1868 » Prince Waldemar of Prussia († 1879)
• 1868 » William Allen White, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1869 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic († 1948)
• 1879 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general († 1932)
• 1881 » Pauline Brunius, Swedish actress and director († 1954)
• 1883 » Edith Clarke, American electrical engineer († 1959)
• 1883 » H.V. Hordern, Australian cricketer († 1938)
• 1889 » Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey († 1982)
• 1890 » Fanny Kaplan, Ukrainian-Russian activist († 1918)

• 1854 » José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician and general. President three times (1844–1854) (b. 1792)
• 1857 » David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (b. 1770)
• 1865 » Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (b. 1808)
• 1887 » Ellen Wood, English author (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » John A. Roche, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
• 1906 » Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
• 1912 » Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek long jumper (b. 1888)

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.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• 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.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on February 10, 1878 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.