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• Alfonsus Alexander BECKX, Zichem (B) († 1902)
• Aloysius Verhaeren, Poppel (B.) († 1967)
• Adrianus van der Velde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Opmeer, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Alice R. Baker, Johnstown (Fulton County) (New York) († 1963)
• Aart Pruijsen, Zevenhuizen, 2761, Nederland († 1951)
• Adriana van Spellen, Jutphaas
• Anthonia Margaretha Groen, Bunnik († 1956)
• Alberdina Brunius, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Alwina Mathilda Adolphina VAN HAUWERMEIREN, Buggenhout,9255,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1880)

• Berbera Cornelia van Dort (82), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alphonse Hubert Joseph Marquet (2), Ster, Francorchamps, 4970, Liege, Belgique
• Antoinette (ou Virginie) de Sainte-Aldégonde (89)
• Benjamin Edward Avent (79), Lafayette Springs, Lafayette, Mississippi, United States
• Auktje Libbes Duursma (45), Marum
• Barbera Cornelia van Dort (82), Bergen op Zoom, Nederland
• Aukje Libbes Duursma (45), Marum
• Auktje Duursma (45), Marum
• Antoinette Pauline Virginia van St. Aldegonde (86), Parijs
• Berbera Cornelia van Dort (82), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

• 1873 » A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bangladeshi-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Pakistani Minister of Interior († 1962)
• 1873 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish union leader and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1942)
• 1874 » Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American philanthropist, founded the Museum of Modern Art († 1948)
• 1874 » Martin Lowry, English chemist and academic († 1936)
• 1875 » H.B. Warner, English actor († 1958)
• 1880 » Andrei Bely, Russian novelist, poet, and critic († 1934)
• 1881 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer († 1963)
• 1883 » Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author († 1970)
• 1883 » Paul Pilgrim, American runner († 1958)
• 1884 » William Hogenson, American sprinter († 1965)

• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
• 1896 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)

• 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 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.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• 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 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on October 26, 1878 was about 8.4 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.