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• "Jeanne" Henriette Eugénie Constans, Nîmes, Gard, France († 1956)
• Adriana Maria Kiesebrink, Tilburg
• Abraham van Leeuwen, Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Albert Albertus van Reden, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Andries Blaauw, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia van Velzen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus MONSTER, Mijnsheerenland († 1878)
• Adriana Cornelia Lekkerkerker, Rietveld († 1953)
• Abraham van Leeuwen, Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice ABBISS, Pirton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire († 1966)

• Anton Wendelin Halter (75), Massillon, Stark, Ohio, United States
• Annigje Veldman (75), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia ten Zijthoff (61), Hengelo, 7550, Nederland
• Anthonie Eijnsbergen (0), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Orton DNA\A (65), Fleming, Cayuga County, New York, United States of America
• Abraham BOESVELD (0), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• - Hendriks (0), Exloërmond (Odoorn)
• Adriaan Hendrikse (0), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Antonius Zwegers (67), Anderlecht Be
• Antonia Zijthoff (61), Hengelo

• 1868 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician († 1940)
• 1870 » Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator († 1945)
• 1872 » G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic († 1956)
• 1873 » John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist († 1949)
• 1875 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic († 1956)
• 1876 » Elmer Flick, American baseball player († 1971)
• 1876 » Thomas Hicks, American runner († 1952)
• 1878 » Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1952)
• 1885 » Alice Paul, American activist and suffragist († 1977)
• 1887 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author († 1948)

• 1836 » John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
• 1843 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
• 1866 » Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
• 1866 » John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
• 1867 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 1882 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 » Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 » William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 » Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)

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 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 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• 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.
• 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 January 11, 1878 was about -4.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.