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July 20, 1878Born on Sunday July 21, 1878
- Anna Palmboom, Krommenie († 1962)
- Alida van Mullem, Ouderkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aaltje Graafland, Woerden († 1899)
- Aloysius Lambrecht, Drongen, 9031, Gent, Oost Vlaanderen
- Aloijsius Goetstouwers, Rucphen (NL) († 1878)
- Alderd Hermanusz Jongkind, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1960)
- Alderd Jongkind, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
- Alexander van Staalduinen, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
- Adriana Hendrika BAARS, 's-Gravendeel,Zuid Holland,Netherlands († 1878)
- Aleksandr Aleksandrovich von Friederici, Pavlovsk, St. Petersburg, Russia († 1916)
Died on Sunday July 21, 1878
- Adriana Maas (65), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Barend Streefkerk (0), Lekkerkerk
- Arendina Verkade (14), Boskoop
- Berendina Roelofs (55), Anerveen
- Antonie Rosenbrand (55), 's-Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Bregtje Mollema (1), Saaksum
- Arij van der Loos (75), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Bernardus DROOLEMA (4), Den Andel (Baflo) Groningen Netherlands
- Bernhard Cäsar Halbach (37)
- Geertruij Helsloot (60), Amsterdam
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 21, 1878 at Delpher
Born on July 21
- 1863 » C. Aubrey Smith, English-American cricketer and actor († 1948)
- 1866 » Carlos Schwabe, Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker († 1926)
- 1870 » Emil Orlík, Czech painter, etcher, and lithographer († 1932)
- 1875 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor († 1947)
- 1880 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak astronomer, general, and politician († 1919)
- 1882 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator († 1967)
- 1885 » Jacques Feyder, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1948)
- 1891 » Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower and soldier († 1969)
- 1893 » Hans Fallada, German author († 1947)
- 1896 » Sophie Bledsoe Aberle, Native American anthropologist, physician and nutritionist († 1996)
Died on July 21
- 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
- 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
- 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
- 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
- 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)
- 1920 » Fiammetta Wilson, English astronomer and educator (b. 1864)
- 1932 » Bill Gleason, American baseball player (b. 1858)
- 1934 » Hubert Lyautey, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1854)
- 1938 » Owen Wister, American lawyer and author (b. 1860)
- 1941 » Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian poet and scholar (b. 1872)
Names that were popular for boys in 1878
- Johannes
- Jan
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Klaas
Names that were popular for girls in 1878
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Grietje
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
- Neeltje
- Jacoba
- Antje
- Geertruida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1878
- 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.
- February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
- February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
- 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.
- December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.
Weather July 21, 1878
The temperature on July 21, 1878 was about 27.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 38%.