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• Adriana van Doorn, Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Barbant, Nederland († 1878)
• Alida Hubertus, Nijmegen (GE, NLD)
• Aaltje Dolstra, Kalenberg († 1944)
• Alberdina van der Bend, Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland († 1882)
• Anne Hurley, Barretstown, Waterford, Ireland
• Aaltje Hemke, Wijdenes
• Adriana Maria Simons, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Lambertus Mutsaerts, Esschen
• Anna Maria VANGENEUGDEN, Zutendaal (Limburg) (B) († 1931)
• Albertus Heupers, Lonneker, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1878)

• Andries REXWINKEL (66), Edam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Cox (63), Lottum
• Alexandre Lindekens (5), Kortijs, België
• Anna Catharina Aerts (79), Oppuurs
• Anthony Wayne Ewing Sr (69), Lucas County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida van Daatselaar (0), Slichtenhorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Gerrits Kanis (88), Grafhorst
• Anna Margaretha Willems (70), Nuth,, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus van der Haar (0), Cothen
• Andreas Johannes Matthias Coning (2), Wesel, Duitsland

• 1869 » Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1878 » Julius Nieuwland, Belgian priest, chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1882 » John Barrymore, American actor († 1942)
• 1884 » Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet and playwright († 1974)
• 1884 » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish actor and director († 1947)
• 1890 » Dick Richards Welsh international footballer, forward
• 1890 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author († 1956)
• 1891 » Katherine Stinson, American aviator († 1977)
• 1892 » Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician († 1948)
• 1894 » Jack Benny, American actor and producer († 1974)

• 1831 » Vicente Guerrero, Mexican general and politician, 2nd President of Mexico (b. 1782)
• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)

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 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• 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.
• July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
• 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 February 14, 1878 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.