About the day » Wednesday August 28, 1878Calender converter

• Amand Reith, Schmalnau, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland
• Anna Bouwers, Erm Sleen, gem. Emmen, Nederland († 1935)
• Anna Cornelia Symons, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
• Abraham Versteeg († 1942)
• Aimé Richard Hector Justin Adolphe WICART, Lille, 59350, Nord, Nord, France
• Aaltje Schilp, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anastatia Justina Marivoet, Mariekerke
• Adrianus Johannes de Groot, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1948)
• Andries Douwes Douma, Ee, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1966)
• Aleida Dollenkamp, Lemelerveld († 1958)

• Andreas Bernardus Walker (0), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertha Buteröwe (0), Lonneker, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Bastiaantje van Steensel (82), heinenoord (zuid holland)
• Adriana Westerlaken, Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia YDE, Middelburg,Oost Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Basilius de Ryck (0), Temse
• Anje Venema (39), Lucaswolde, Marum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Westerlaken (15), Rosmalen
• johanna lieman (0), harderwijk
• Anna Margaretha Dulle (20), Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 1867 » Umberto Giordano, Italian composer and academic († 1948)
• 1878 » George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1884 » Peter Fraser, Scottish-New Zealand journalist and politician, 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1950)
• 1885 » Vance Palmer, Australian author, playwright, and critic († 1959)
• 1887 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » István Kühár, Slovenian priest and politician († 1922)
• 1888 » Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author († 1985)
• 1891 » Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer († 1984)
• 1894 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director († 1981)
• 1896 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic († 1982)

• 1818 » Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, American fur trader, founded Chicago (b. 1750)
• 1820 » Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor and urban planner (b. 1754)
• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)

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 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on August 28, 1878 was about 18.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.