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• Antje Jagt, Oranjedorp (Emmen) († 1882)
• * Hubertus Boom, Vlijmen († 1927)
• Antje Jagt, Oranjedorp, Nederland († 1882)
• * Ymke Tuinstra, Amsterdam († 1912)
• Adriana Cornelia van Bergen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1901)
• Adrianus Ketelaars, Dinther
• Andreas Hubertus Somers, Nuth
• Alida Catharina Elisabeth Brieër, Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Andries Jans Menger, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1879)
• Andries Menger, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde († 1879)

• Aurelie Fabian (74), SchoenhauserAllee, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Antonius Johannes Mussert (53), Rotterdam, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Berend Bartels (37), Bimolten, Nordhorn, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Adriana van der Riet (56), Steenbergen, Steenbergen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van der Riet (56), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Loohuis (65), Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland
• Adriana Hofstede (22), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Haak (51), Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Drielen (2), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• MEIJNS (0), Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1885 » Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal († 1971)
• 1886 » Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army († 1967)
• 1887 » Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1888 » Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer († 1943)
• 1890 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1891 » Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician († 1942)
• 1892 » Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator († 1974)
• 1896 » Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright († 1948)
• 1901 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars († 1985)
• 1902 » Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer († 1996)

• 1820 » Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)
• 1821 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)

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.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• 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 September 4, 1878 was about 17.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.