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Born on Saturday November 16, 1878
- Alphonse Jozef Cockhuyt, Maldegem, OVL, B († 1879)
- Albert Wouter Rave, Hattem (GL) († 1945)
- Bruinsma, Opsterland († 1878)
- Aagje Duurhoud, Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1881)
- Anna Silva
- Agatha Doornheim, Melissant, Dirksland, Over Flakkee, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands († 1955)
- Alberdina Jantina Goeree, Valthermond (Odoorn) († 1960)
- Alida Allegonda Maria van Oss, Amsterdam († 1970)
- Alida Allegonda Maria van Oss, Amsterdam
- * Dirk van Kleij, Meerkerk († 1969)
Died on Saturday November 16, 1878
- Aartina Maria Steunenberg (58), Apeldoorn
- Andries DUIJFS (46), Zaandam
- Anna Catharina Pouels (41), Nederweert
- Anna Maria Catharina Natalia DEGREEVE (32), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
- Abram Dirk van Pelt (70), Hellevoetsluis
- Auguste Fredrika Georgina Suwe (36), Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein, Tyskland
- Arent Simmelink (78), Eschmarke,Gemeente Lonneker (1811-1934),Overijssel,Nederland
- Ann Elizabeth Locksmore (59), Longford, Tasmania, Australia
- Amy SHELLEY (0)
- Anne Catherine Elisabeth Schepers (35), Sint-Truiden, België
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from November 16, 1878 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- De standaard
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Surinaamsche courant en Gouvernements advertentie blad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De Gooi- en Eemlander : nieuws- en advertentieblad
Born on November 16
- 1862 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer († 1944)
- 1873 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer († 1958)
- 1874 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer († 1920)
- 1883 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach († 1972)
- 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
- 1889 » Dietrich Kraiß, German general († 1944)
- 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)
- 1890 » Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines († 1956)
- 1892 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet († 1978)
- 1892 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1953)
Died on November 16
- 1836 » Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, South African-French mycologist and academic (b. 1761)
- 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
- 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
- 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
- 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
- 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
- 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
- 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
- 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
- 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
Names that were popular for boys in 1878
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Wilhelmus
- Joseph
- Franciscus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1878
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Marie
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1878
- 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 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
- February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
- May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
- July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
- 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.
The weather on Saturday November 16, 1878
The temperature on November 16, 1878 was about 4.6 °C. There was 13 mm of rain. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI