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• Alida Louwe, Schoorl († 1959)
• Adriana Dorothea van de Grint, Engelen († 1955)
• Adriaan Johannes koolwijk, Gemeente Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1880)
• Adhémar Morneau, Rimouski,Québec,Canada († 1965)
• Alice Cassandra "Lalla" Lyle, Johnson City, Washington Co., Tennessee, United States († 1967)
• , Knokke, W-Vl, Belgie († 1967)
• Anna van Duijvenbode, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Aaltje Meijer, Heerde
• Adriana Henriette Elisabeth Ingenkamp, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Reintjes, Utrecht († 1878)

• Anna Angela Borgmann (25), Barger-Compascuum
• Bontje Harmens Harmenzon (81), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Bregje Appel, Oudkarspel
• Brechtje Appel (33), Oudkarspel
• Adriaan Dekker (0), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Adrianus van Wanrooij (0), Erp
• Den Hamer, Groede
• Bontje Harmens (1) Harmenson (81), ,, Oudega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aron Sklarek (76), Krotoszyn, Wielkopolskie, Poland
• Charles William Adams (61), Memphis (Shelby C., Tennessee)

• 1868 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1873 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American theater and film director († 1943)
• 1876 » Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager († 1924)
• 1877 » James Agate, English journalist, author, and critic († 1947)
• 1878 » Adelaide Crapsey, American poet and critic († 1914)
• 1878 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer († 1958)
• 1878 » Sergio Osmeña, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th President of the Philippines († 1961)
• 1882 » Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster († 1962)
• 1885 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator († 1969)
• 1887 » Alf Landon, American lieutenant, banker, and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas († 1987)

• 1834 » James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor and navigator (b. 1787)
• 1841 » Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1778)
• 1891 » Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (b. 1813)
• 1893 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1907 » Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
• 1909 » E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1848)
• 1910 » Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General (b. 1859)
• 1915 » Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding (b. 1850)

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.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on September 9, 1878 was about 19.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.