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• Abraham Berkhout, Vlaardingen († 1878)
• Alida Johanna Pijpers, Rotterdam
• Adriette Hubertina Stevens, Maasbree († 1945)
• Adrianus van Esch, Loon op Zand († 1905)
• Schodts
• Adriana Heesakkers, Schijndel († 1935)
• Adolf SMIT, Delft (Z-H) († 1961)
• Adolf Smit, Delft († 1961)
• Agatha Helena van Ooijen, Woudrichem († 1956)

• Adriaantje Bodbijl (65), Brouwershaven (Gem.Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Antonia van der Beek (67), Meeuwen
• Anna Maria Franken (54), Etten-Leur
• Alida Voorzaat (0), Leiden, ZH, Nederland
• Aaltien Rijkmans Schuite (75), Dedemsvaart
• Antje Sijmonsd Dalenberg (78), Akersloot, nh.nld
• Anna Maria (Johanna) FRANKEN (54), Etten-Leur,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Antje Kan (5), Zaandam
• Antje Sijmondr Dalenberg (78), Akersloot
• Anna van Doorn, Groesbeek

• 1866 » Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum († 1936)
• 1867 » Louise, Princess Royal of England († 1931)
• 1870 » Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone († 1937)
• 1874 » Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1879 » Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1907)
• 1880 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet († 1923)
• 1882 » Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor († 1946)
• 1887 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1888 » Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author († 1948)
• 1889 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and physician († 1948)

• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)

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.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on February 20, 1878 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.