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• Alfred Victor ELDRED, Plumstead, Woolwich, Kent
• Aaltje Huiberts, Beemster († 1970)
• Afke Wietzes Zwaga, Doniawerstal
• Agnes Rosalie Herckens, Engelmanshoven, België († 1940)
• Aize Ygrams de Roos, Gorredijk, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1972)
• Adrienne Adamina Henriette Boon Hartsinck, Arnhem († 1953)
• Alida DE VRIES, Sint-Maarten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Adrienne Adamina Boon Hartsinck, Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Albertus Johannes Antony Caspers, Schiedam
• Albertus Albertusz Marinus, Noordwolde, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland

• ALIJDA CATRIENA HILLEGONDA VAN DER WEIJDEN (1), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Antonie Ruijsenberg (49), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria GOESSENS (70), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anthoniusetta VROMEN DE VROOMEN (54), Warmond (NL/ZH)
• Antje Arends DIJKSTRA (72), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antoine Joseph STIEVENARD (79), Douai, 59178, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• (0), Moerkapelle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Cornelia Jans (2), Escharen
• Adriana Reuzenberg (69), Kethel en Spaland
• Adriana Maria Hubregtse (0), Waterlandkerkje

• 1866 » Josephine Sabel, American singer & comedian († 1945)
• 1867 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter († 1947)
• 1869 » Alfred Flatow, German gymnast († 1942)
• 1875 » Dr. Atl, Mexican painter († 1964)
• 1879 » Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer († 1938)
• 1882 » A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist († 1970)
• 1886 » Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic († 1914)
• 1888 » Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter († 1943)
• 1889 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)

• 1860 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 » Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 » Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1877 » Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1800)
• 1881 » Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)

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 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 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.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on October 3, 1878 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.