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• Aartje Cornelia Hooijberg, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• "Sophie" Marie Caroline Ernestine Notgera von Oettingen († 1944)
• Verspuij, Giessendam († 1878)
• Anna Antonia Montens, Waspik († 1942)
• Beversluis, Middelharnis († 1878)
• Alfons Geets, Holsbeek
• Aagje Slot, Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Alida Vuijk
• Adrianus Franciscus van Eerd, Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1928)
• Alice Frances Mattingly, Marion County, Kentucky († 1951)

• Anne Marie Strubbe (71), Ramskapelle B 8620 (Nieuwpoort)
• augustine WILMART (85), Sars-la-Bruyère (Belgium)
• Anna Hanssen, Schinveld, Onderbanken
• * Neeltje Goedbelet (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Johanna Kurvers (84), Venlo
• Albert Harens (34), Gemeente Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Wiepkje Durks Tjalsma (80), Bozum
• Cornelis van Zijtveld (0), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Johanna Kurvers (84), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Boudewijn van der Steen (0), Pernis,Zuid Holland,Nederland

• 1868 » Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina († 1942)
• 1874 » John Ellis, English executioner († 1932)
• 1876 » Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist († 1960)
• 1877 » Razor Smith, English cricketer († 1946)
• 1879 » Robert Edwards, American artist, musician, and writer († 1948)
• 1880 » Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer. († 1946)
• 1881 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal († 1948)
• 1884 » Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author († 1941)
• 1888 » Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief († 1961)
• 1888 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater († 1954)

• 1851 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1767)
• 1852 » James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
• 1859 » Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1871 » Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
• 1890 » Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 » Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 » Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
• 1904 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)

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.
• 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 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• 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.
• 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 4, 1878 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.