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Born on Thursday October 10, 1878
- Aaltje van der Zand, Giethoorn
- Anna Maria Amelberga Vercauteren, Temse († 1964)
- Aafke Hendriks BUIKEMA, Houwerzijl Groningen Netherlands
- Albert Aloys Anthonie van Trentini, Bolzano (Bosen), Trentino-Zuidtirol († 1933)
- Anna Catharina Francisca Rutten, Stevensweert († 1949)
- Adriaan (Adrianus) Johan (Johannes) Marinus Ijzermans, Rucphen, Sprundel en Vorenseinde († 1931)
- Anna Maria Gulikers, Bunde, Meerssen († 1880)
- Anna Maria Amelberga Vercauteren, Temse († 1964)
- aafke buikema, houwerzijl
- Adriana Charlotta Sterkenburg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
Died on Thursday October 10, 1878
- Leendert Abee (3), Veendam
- Adolph van den Beemt (40), Dordrecht
- Anna Maria Klaus (54), Vreeland, Utrecht, Nederland
- Anna Maria Klaus (56), Vreeland
- Anna Catharina Pers (70), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anthonia de Jager (93), Zuilen
- Brenkman (0), Gouda
- Adriaan HOEFNAGELS (34), Vrijhoeve-Capelle
- Anke Maria Schuil (28), utrecht
- adriaantje RIETDIJK (38), oud-beijerland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 10, 1878 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- De standaard
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Surinaamsche courant en Gouvernements advertentie blad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
Born on October 10
- 1861 » Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate († 1930)
- 1864 » T. Frank Appleby, American businessman and politician († 1924)
- 1870 » Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet († 1935)
- 1872 » Dionysios Kasdaglis, Egyptian-Greek tennis player († 1931)
- 1877 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors († 1963)
- 1884 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter († 1958)
- 1884 » Nikolai Klyuev, Russian poet and author († 1937)
- 1885 » Jean Peyrière, French actor († 1965)
- 1885 » Walter Anderson, Belarusian-German ethnologist and academic († 1962)
- 1889 » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter and forger († 1947)
Died on October 10
- 1857 » George Washington Parke Custis, American author and playwright (b. 1781)
- 1872 » William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)
- 1875 » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
- 1876 » Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist and meteorologist (b. 1814)
- 1893 » Lip Pike, American baseball player and manager (b. 1845)
- 1901 » Lorenzo Snow, American religious leader, 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1814)
- 1913 » Adolphus Busch, German-American brewer and businessman, co-founded Anheuser-Busch (b. 1839)
- 1913 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1848)
- 1914 » Carol I of Romania (b. 1839)
- 1918 » Henry Dobson, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1841)
Names that were popular for boys in 1878
- Johannes
- Jan
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
- Klaas
Names that were popular for girls in 1878
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Wilhelmina
- Grietje
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
- Neeltje
- Jacoba
- Antje
- Geertruida
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1878
- 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.
- 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.
- October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
- October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
Weather October 10, 1878
The temperature on October 10, 1878 was about 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 21 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.