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• Adrianus Antonius van den Oudenhoven, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1878)
• Albert Gerritsz BOTTINGA, Oudehorne, Friesland, Nederland
• Abe Sluis van der, Lemsterland
• Adrianus Bosschaart, Zoelmond, Gelderland, Nederland († 1878)
• , Hof van Delft, gem. Delft (Z-H), Nederland († 1918)
• Adrianus Joseph Oostelbos, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1879)
• Abe van der Sluis, Lemmer, gem. Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1938)
• Alida Petronella Kaptein, Rotterdam († 1950)
• Adrianus Johannes Vroom, Heusden (Drunen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Albertus Peek, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)

• Abraham Noach Wijland (18), Leiden
• Anna Elisabetha van Duren (85), Asten
• Adrianus Caers (80), Oevel
• ADRIANUS GHYS (72), Schilde
• Adriana Johanna van Doorn (22), Utrecht
• Anna Catharina Andries (79), Lier, België
• Alida (Aaltje) DELCOUR (0), Hoorn
• Adriana van den Berg (0), Naaldwijk
• Andries van der Kraan
• Allagonda Hubertina Simonis (29), Maria-Hoop, Netherlands

• 1875 » Albert Marquet, French painter († 1947)
• 1877 » Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer († 1947)
• 1878 » Kathleen Scott, British sculptor († 1947)
• 1879 » Edward Steichen, Luxembourger-American painter and photographer († 1973)
• 1879 » Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager († 1929)
• 1879 » Sándor Garbai, Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1947)
• 1881 » Arkady Averchenko, Russian playwright and satirist († 1925)
• 1882 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist († 1965)
• 1883 » Marie Under, Estonian author and poet († 1980)
• 1884 » Gordon Thomson, English rower and lieutenant († 1953)

• 1864 » Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
• 1869 » James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
• 1875 » Edgar Quinet, French historian and academic (b. 1803)
• 1875 » Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
• 1878 » George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
• 1886 » Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
• 1889 » John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
• 1900 » Joseph A. Campbell, American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (b. 1817)

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.
• May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
• June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on March 27, 1878 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.