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• Adriana van Mol, Borkel en Schaft (Valkenswaard) († 1958)
• Aagje Langereis, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriana Vermeulen, Tienhoven († 1884)
• Adriaantje JABAAIJ, Maasdam († 1949)
• Adrianus Zijlmans, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1881)
• Adriaantje Maaike JABAAIJ, Maasdam († 1949)
• Aagje LANGEREIS, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Aalbert van Houselt, Est en Opijnen
• Adrianus Zijlmans, Waspik-Noord-Brabant († 1881)
• Adriana Suzanna Midavaine, St.Laurens, Zeeland, Nederland († 1920)

• Antonia Rombout (30), Heeswijk, NL
• Arie Hazebroek (74), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Antonia Rombout (30), Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Marguerite HALLEUX (78), Spa,4900,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Ruurd Jans van den Berg (53), Idaarderadeel
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Limpens (61), Sittard, Limburg, Nederland
• Anje Pieters Saaksema, Opende, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Anke ten Hof (29), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Vermeulen (65), Heist-op-den-Berg, België
• Anna Catharina Geeraerts (45), Herenthout

• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)
• 1881 » Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor († 1944)
• 1881 » Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer († 1963)
• 1888 » Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1888 » Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral († 1945)
• 1889 » Paul Nash, British painter († 1946)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)

• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

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 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• 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 May 11, 1878 was about 14.3 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.