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• Abraham de Visser, 's Heer Arendskerke (Z) († 1932)
• Pothoven († 1878)
• Adriaan Reneman, Groningen († 1880)
• Abraham de Visser, 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1932)
• Alphonsus Verheggen, Kruibeke († 1983)
• Adriaan Abraham Kuijper, Hoofdplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adolph van oud Alblas BLUSSÉ, Dordrecht, 6010, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Overbosch, Heerde († 1967)
• Alida Hendrika Sigtenhorst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerrit van de Graaf, Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1879)

• Anna Catharina Van Klaveren (1), Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Geerts Prins (73), Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje - Geerts Prins (73), Hollandscheveld {DR}
• Albert van de Scheur (75), Rhenen, Nederland
• Aaltje Buter (0), Muiden
• Adriana Verbogt (2), Steenbergen, Steenbergen en Kruisland, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Albertina ten Kate (0), Kampen {OV}
• Aafke Sanders de Boer (24), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Pool (65), Nieuwe Niedorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina DE RIDDER

• 1863 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer († 1944)
• 1869 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland († 1944)
• 1875 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician († 1899)
• 1875 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and activist († 1944)
• 1877 » Norman Brookes, Australian tennis player († 1968)
• 1878 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector († 1966)
• 1878 » Leopold Staff, Ukrainian-Polish poet and academic († 1957)
• 1883 » Ado Birk, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1889 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India († 1964)
• 1891 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)

• 1844 » John Abercrombie, Scottish physician and philosopher (b. 1780)
• 1864 » Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (b. 1840)
• 1866 » Miguel I of Portugal (b. 1802)
• 1907 » Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Guangxu Emperor of China (b. 1871)
• 1910 » John La Farge, American artist (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar, Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1861)
• 1915 » Booker T. Washington, American educator, essayist and historian (b. 1856)
• 1916 » Henry George, Jr., American journalist and politician (b. 1862)
• 1916 » Saki, British short story writer (b. 1870)

• 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.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• 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 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
• 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 November 14, 1878 was about 6.2 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.