About the day » Wednesday November 20, 1878Calender converter

• Antje Jansen, Beerta († 1958)
• Anna Maria Timmermans, Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Engelina Vermeulen, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 1879)
• (Stillborn) de Zeeuw (Zeeuw,de Seeuw,de Seeu), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland († 1878)
• Adrianus Bleecke, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1878)
• (Stillborn) FOLMER, Oldehove Groningen Netherlands († 1878)
• Abraham Pleijsier, Delfshaven, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertina Runtuwene, Menado, Celebes († 1951)
• Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson († 1952)
• Adrianus (Arie) Mostert, Naaldwijk († 1944)

• Aaron Albert BENSIMON (1), St-Eugène (Dz), Alger Nord-Est, Dépt d'Algérie
• Anna Bakhuis (67), Almelo, Ambt
• Adrianus Nollen (87), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria VROOMEN (24), Maastricht (NL/LI) 24y
• Adeline De Beer (23)
• Agnes Rush (70), Ripley, Brown, Illinois, United States
• Antonia Verschuuren (69), Udenhout
• Abraham Theunis (91), Sint-Annaland (Zld)
• Abraham Theunisse (92), Sint Annaland
• arij MUL (72), ouderkerk aan den ijssel

• 1873 » Georges Caussade, French composer († 1936)
• 1873 » Ramón Castillo, Argentine politician († 1944)
• 1873 » William Coblentz, American physicist († 1962)
• 1874 » James Michael Curley, American lawyer, politician, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts, and criminal († 1958)
• 1875 » Friedrich Werner von der Schulenburg, German diplomat († 1944)
• 1876 » Rudolf Koch, German designer († 1934)
• 1877 » Herbert Pitman, English sailor († 1961)
• 1880 » Walter Brack, German swimmer († 1919)
• 1881 » Irakli Tsereteli, Georgian politician († 1959)
• 1882 » Ernestas Galvanauskas, Lithuanian engineer and politician († 1967)

• 1856 » Farkas Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1775)
• 1864 » Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (b. 1809)
• 1866 » Otto Karl Berg, German botanist and pharmacist (b. 1815)
• 1880 » Léon Cogniet, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1882 » Henry Draper, American doctor and astronomer (b. 1837)
• 1886 » William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
• 1894 » Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1898 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
• 1903 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)
• 1903 » Tom Horn, American scout, cowboy, soldier

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 4 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule and designated the capital of Liberated Bulgaria.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on November 20, 1878 was about 1.7 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.