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• Adrianus Broeren, Roosendaal en Nispen (NL) († 1960)
• Aaltje Wurtz, Rotterdam
• Adriana de Ridder, Voorhout († 1962)
• Aaltje Possel, Kroonpolder, Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Kobus, Appelscha, gem. Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1956)
• Alle Voerman, Bolsward († 1878)
• Adrianus Blankestijn, Leersum († 1954)
• Aaltje Wassenaar, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland († 1898)
• Abraham Postma, Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1949)
• ZEEGERS, 3631 Boorsheim,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 1878)

• Berend Joukes DE VRIES (88), Hoornsterzwaag
• Bernhard Caesar Arnold Graaf van Wartensleben (37)
• Arend Gielbert (0), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus van Lint (38), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Lanst (79), Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
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• Bernhard Cäsar Arnold Von Wartensleben (36), Bonn
• Adriana van de Wassenberg (0), Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Pieter Tak (74), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• anna grasdijk (0), groningen

• 1864 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)
• 1868 » Miron Cristea, Romanian cleric and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Romania († 1939)
• 1873 » Alberto Santos-Dumont, Brazilian pilot († 1932)
• 1876 » Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician and academic († 1944)
• 1877 » Tom Crean, Irish sailor and explorer († 1938)
• 1882 » Olga Hahn-Neurath, Austrian mathematician and philosopher († 1937)
• 1889 » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC († 1971)
• 1890 » Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter († 1964)
• 1890 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic († 1960)
• 1890 » Verna Felton, American actress († 1966)

• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)
• 1922 » Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1923 » Pancho Villa, Mexican general and politician, Governor of Chihuahua (b. 1878)
• 1926 » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Russian educator and politician (b. 1877)

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 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

The temperature on July 20, 1878 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.