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• Anna Hubertina Ruijters, meerssen († 1949)
• Albert Kaan, Zijpe aan de Groote Sloot († 1939)
• Aafke Boerema, Kantens († 1960)
• Aaltje Simkes Maat, Terwispel († 1927)
• Aartje Vergeer, Papendrecht († 1878)
• Aart Vogelaar, Alkemade
• Adianus Cornelis van Dyk, Roosendaal
• Anna Joanna Brouwer, Tilburg († 1966)
• André CARTIER-BRESSON, Yerres († 1954)
• "Friedrich" Ludwig Ignatz von Schorlemer, Schloss Herringhausen, Lippstadt, Allemagne († 1948)

• Anna Margaretha Lieftink (82), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• David Brady (83), michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje van Essen (3), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana POLAK (73), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Schulpzand (8), Haarlem,Noord-Holland,Nederland
• Catherine DIETSCH (71), Wahlbach (68130, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Arend Rudolph van Doorm (71), Elburg
• Berend Nieuwenhuis (0), Hummelo
• Anna de Graaf (68), Midwolda (gem. Oldambt)
• "Neeltje" Jansdr Kunst (90), de Cocksdorp (Texel)

• 1870 » Louis II, Prince of Monaco († 1949)
• 1872 » Emil Hácha, Czech lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Czechoslovakia († 1945)
• 1876 » Alphaeus Philemon Cole, American artist, engraver and etcher († 1988)
• 1876 » Max Jacob, French poet, painter, and critic († 1944)
• 1878 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education († 1930)
• 1879 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet († 1944)
• 1879 » Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician († 1976)
• 1880 » Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1884 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor († 1920)
• 1884 » Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer († 1957)

• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• 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.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on July 12, 1878 was about 18.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.