About the day » Thursday April 18, 1878Calender converter

• Alida Iterson, Delft († 1885)
• Aaltje Brouwer, Zwartsluis
• A.W. Henry Rinne III († 1878)
• Alma Ellena Hanson, Wayne county, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1880)
• Adriana Pennings, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1949)
• Albrecht Ernst Jakma, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aaltjen Velderman, Lochem
• Aleida Tilleman, Valburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1953)
• Abraham Johannes Serle, IJzendijke (Sluis)
• Anje Egberts de Haan, Doezum, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland

• Adriaan Cornelisz Branderhorst (33), Genderen, Nederland
• Anna Barbara Krings (62), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan van DuijvenbOden (0), Katwijk
• Hoetmer (0), ,, Nederhorst den Berg, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina FOLMER (44), Stratum, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annegien Hilbrands (82), Drouwen (Borger)
• Anne Marie Joseph CALIFICE (43), Soumagne, 62099, Liege, Belgique
• Agatha Zalm (62), Voorschoten
• Agatha van der Salm (61), Voorschoten
• Adriana Arnouts (26), Wuustwezel

• 1864 » Richard Harding Davis, American journalist and author († 1916)
• 1874 » Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian author and poet († 1938)
• 1877 » Vicente Sotto, Filipino lawyer and politician († 1950)
• 1879 » Korneli Kekelidze, Georgian philologist and scholar († 1962)
• 1880 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire († 1968)
• 1882 » Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian ruler († 1964)
• 1882 » Leopold Stokowski, English conductor († 1977)
• 1884 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian educator and politician († 1937)
• 1888 » Duffy Lewis, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1979)
• 1889 » Jessie Street, Australian activist († 1970)

• 1832 » Jeanne-Elisabeth Chaudet, French painter (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Tatya Tope, Indian general (b. 1814)
• 1864 » Juris Alunāns, Latvian philologist and linguist (b. 1832)
• 1873 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1846)
• 1912 » Martha Ripley, American physician (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Vladimir Serbsky, Russian psychiatrist and academic (b. 1858)
• 1923 » Savina Petrilli, Italian religious leader (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Milton Brown, American singer and bandleader (b. 1903)

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.
• 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 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on April 18, 1878 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.