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• Amelia Sophia Billoot, Koksijde
• Albertje Vening, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1946)
• Andries Arler, amersfoort († 1882)
• Adriana Groeneweg, Dubbeldam († 1975)
• Alice Chapman, Thorne, Yorkshire, England († 1966)
• Oosterling, dordrecht (zuid holland)
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Paanakker, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Kuylen, Alphen,Alphen en Riel,Noord Brabant,Netherlands
• Adrianus Havelaar, Rotterdam
• Aafje Schoutsen, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Admiral Lord John Frederick Hallyburton Gordon (79), Kettins, Angus, Scotland
• Benjamina Johanna Kars (37), Vreeswijk
• Anna de Ruiter (0), Blokzijl
• Antoni Otto, Baron Gansneb Gen. Tengnagel (63), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Christina Pompert (44), Gemeente Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Christina Caspers van der Heyden (64), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aldegondis Renckens (56), Overpelt
• Aldegondis Renckens (56), Overpelt
• Christina Johanna van den Brink (47), Rotterdam
• Abraham Efraimsson (56), Hiared Kolingared, Sweden

• 1863 » Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1919)
• 1864 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher and author († 1936)
• 1866 » Mykhailo Hrushevskyi, Ukrainian historian, academic, and politician († 1934)
• 1876 » Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer († 1964)
• 1880 » Liberato Pinto, Portuguese colonel and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Portugal († 1949)
• 1881 » Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American economist, sociologist, and philosopher († 1973)
• 1882 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician († 1937)
• 1885 » George Scott, English footballer († 1916)
• 1891 » Ian Fairweather, Scottish-Australian painter († 1974)
• 1895 » Clarence Ashley, American singer, guitarist, and banjo player († 1967)

• 1862 » William "Bull" Nelson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1887 » Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Louis Faidherbe, French general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician (b. 1814)
• 1902 » Émile Zola, French journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1902 » William McGonagall, Scottish poet and actor (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Brazilian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Winslow Homer, American painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1836)
• 1913 » Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, invented the diesel engine (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Lawrence Weathers, decorated WWI Australian soldier (b. 1890).

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 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 1 » Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.

The temperature on September 29, 1878 was about 14.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.