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• Aaltje Korten († 1966)
• Agnes Josephine Healy, Sanborn, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Aarnout Klap, s'Heer Arendskerke,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1952)
• Albert Gerhardus Dirks, groningen († 1964)
• Aaltje Oeges Laversma, Oenkerk († 1904)
• Amalie Wilhelmine Luise Caroline Elisabeth Goldmann, Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
• Adriana Martina van Iersel-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1944)
• Agnes M Hill († 1923)
• Ângelo Mendes de Almeida, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1936)
• Albert MEULINK, Zwollerkerspel

• Arie Heijstek (0), Emmikhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "Marie" Maxime Hippolyte de Choiseul d'Aillecourt (64), Dole, Jura, France
• Annechien Harms Dallinga (66), Muntendam
• Albert Tuijn (4), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van 't Klooster (41), Amersfoort
• Aaltje Geeuwkes Reitsma (30), Nijega, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Alphedus Martin Hughes (75), Webster County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Cecilia Berthilia Schoofs (34), Brustem, België
• Barend Aten (74), Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Willems (74), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1872 » August Nilsson, Swedish pole vaulter, shot putter, and tug of war competitor († 1921)
• 1872 » Wilhelm Miklas, Austrian educator and politician, 3rd President of Austria († 1956)
• 1874 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1899)
• 1878 » Paul Reynaud, French lawyer and politician, 118th Prime Minister of France († 1966)
• 1879 » Jane Darwell, American actress († 1967)
• 1881 » P. G. Wodehouse, English novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1882 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach († 1941)
• 1884 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot († 1910)
• 1887 » Frederick Fleet, English sailor († 1965)
• 1888 » S. S. Van Dine, American author and critic († 1939)

• 1820 » Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (b. 1771)
• 1837 » Ivan Dmitriev, Russian poet and politician, Russian Minister of Justice (b. 1760)
• 1891 » Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, English author and songwriter (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Zdeněk Fibich, Czech pianist and composer (b. 1850)
• 1910 » Stanley Ketchel, American boxer (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Mata Hari, Dutch dancer and spy (b. 1876)
• 1918 » Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian guru and saint (b. 1838)
• 1925 » Dolores Jiménez y Muro, Mexican revolutionary (b. 1848?)
• 1930 » Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (b. 1866)
• 1934 » Raymond Poincaré, French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (b. 1860)

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.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• 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.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

The temperature on October 15, 1878 was about 11.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.