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• Abigael Jacoba Limba, Ambon,IDN,in, Indonesië († 1950)
• Adriana van Boxtel, Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1922)
• Alice Groenink, Holland, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1949)
• Aileen Selina Coote († 1964)
• Anna Elisabeth Buijs, Gemeente Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Albert Voskamp, Almelo († 1885)
• Anna Borchers, Illinois († 1949)
• Adrianus Jacobsz van Spronsen, Wassenaar († 1918)
• Adriana van Boxtel, Liempde, NL († 1922)
• Anna Siegers, Emmen,Drenthe,Netherlands

• (Stillborn) NEUT (0), Hornhuizen (Kloosterburen) Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana van den Hout (36), Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Helena ten Berge (1), Groningen, gemeente Groningen, provincie Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Ruge (56)
• Abraham Have, van der (0), Oosterland gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• Adele Lyphout (1), Staden, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Charles Ludovicus van Parijs (0), Ijzendijke, Sluis, Zeeland, Nl
• (Stillbirth) NEUT (0), Hornhuizen, Kloosterburen
• Catharina den Hoed (6), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alberdina Limper (0), Baarn

• 1867 » Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa († 1963)
• 1869 » Claude H. Van Tyne, American historian and author († 1930)
• 1872 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and businessman, co-founded Buckmaster & Moore († 1942)
• 1876 » Jimmy Sinclair, South African cricketer and rugby player († 1913)
• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)

• 1810 » Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian religious leader, founded the Breslov Hasidic group (b. 1772)
• 1822 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (b. 1724)
• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)

• 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.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• 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.
• December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

The temperature on October 16, 1878 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.