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• Anne Pasma, Bozum, Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Albert Loos, Zandvoort
• Adriaan Slob, Noordeloos († 1881)
• Anna Catharina van de Laak, Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1880)
• Anne Pasma, Baarderadeel (Bozum),, Friesland, Nederland († 1943)
• Agatha KINGMA, Rauwerderhem(Friesland) († 1937)
• * Sander van den Berg, Rhenen, Utrecht, NL († 1880)
• Anna Catharina Verlinden, Boom, België († 1880)
• Anna Maria van Noort, Steenwijk († 1914)
• Abraham van Wijnen, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aartje Arijsd WESTDIJK (77), Brielle
• (2) Helena Sophia Eijkeboom (71), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Catharina Hendrika van Soldt (0), den haag
• Abeltje Kornelis Pol (59), Noordhorn, gem. Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Abeltje Kornelis Pol (59), Zuidhorn
• Aartje Arijens Westdijk (77), Brielle
• Arijaantje MOOIJ (82), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Rensen (0), Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berend Wonink (27), Olst (buurtschap Duur)
• Apollonia van Haaster (0), Sassenheim

• 1871 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church († 1943)
• 1872 » Emily Davison, English educator and activist († 1913)
• 1872 » Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States († 1946)
• 1879 » Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1944)
• 1881 » Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher († 1973)
• 1884 » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States († 1962)
• 1884 » Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1949)
• 1884 » Sig Ruman, German-American actor († 1967)
• 1885 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1890 » A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1978)

• 1821 » John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
• 1837 » Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
• 1852 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1889 » James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
• 1896 » Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
• 1897 » Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1904 » Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
• 1908 » Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)

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 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 October 11, 1878 was about 12.4 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.