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• Annigje Prins, Nieuwleusen
• Abraham de Wolff, Delden,Gemeente Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1943)
• Aletta Johanna Cool, Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Anthonius Stokman, Zandvoort († 1959)
• Albertus Johannes Ockeloen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1878)
• Adriana Anna Molier, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Amy Elizabeth Challenor, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England († 1969)
• Adrianus Antonius van Dijk, Tilburg († 1918)
• Adriana Johanna Lippe, Den Helder († 1939)
• Anna Zuttermeister, Chicago, Cook, Illinois

• Aaltje Kroeze (52), Heerde, Nederland
• Adrianus Verelst (65), Zandhoven
• Andries Barentsen (2), Colijnsplaat
• Anna Elisabeth Lemaire (33), Kerkom, België
• Aljernon Astleford (3)
• Abdomar Alexandre Eugène William D'd'Adhémar De Lantagnac (44), Paris (Île-de-France)
• Agatha Henriette Strick van Linschoten (0), Breda,Gemeente Breda,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Alexandre d'ADHÉMAR de LANTAGNAC (35), Paris, 75056, Paris, Ile-de-France, Frankrijk
• Albert Charles Snouckaert van Schauburg (75), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Huibregtse (64), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL

• 1869 » Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic († 1970)
• 1872 » Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania († 1950)
• 1875 » Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon († 1956)
• 1877 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer († 1952)
• 1877 » Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist († 1939)
• 1878 » Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts († 1958)
• 1880 » Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player († 1943)
• 1881 » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic († 1966)
• 1881 » Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland († 1952)
• 1886 » Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician († 1971)

• 1844 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (b. 1786)
• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)

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.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• 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 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 27, 1878 was about 10.7 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.