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• Grootenboer († 1878)
• Anna Maria Aendekerk, Neeroeteren, Provincie Limburg, België († 1878)
• Achille Vyncke, Gand, Belgique († 1965)
• Andreas Beutels, Caggevinne-Assent
• Anna Maria Brünen, Barnflair-Vlagtwedde(Gr)
• Anna Maria Brunen-, Barnflair, Nederland
• Aaltje de Jong, Koudekerk († 1939)
• Andreas Sleeckx, Grobbendonk († 1957)
• Stek, Kedichem (Leerdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Anna FRIEDA Bölsterli, Zürich († 1966)

• Ann Maria Wiener (78), Jenera, Hancock, Ohio, United States
• Adriana van Beek (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland
• Anneke Teunisdr Pippel (70), Sliedrecht
• Aagje Goris (85), Zegwaart, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
• Alexandrine Marie Julienne BASSET (0), Soyécourt,80200,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE
• Naus (50), Helden, Limburg, The Netherlands
• Anneke Pippel (69), sliedrecht (zuid holland)
• (l.l.) Grootenboer (0), Dordrecht
• Antoinetta (Antonia) RENIERS (60), Tervuren (B)
• Stek (0), Kedichem (Leerdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
• 1873 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar († 1929)
• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)

• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)

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 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
• January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• 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 23, 1878 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.