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• Aartje van Loenen, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1972)
• Jacoba Wijnen, Steenbergen
• Abraham Harms Schievink, Drogeham, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1881)
• Aartje Overbosch, Epe
• Albert Swemers, Well (Bergen)
• Aart Meijer, Kralingen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1883)
• Anna Seegers, Meerssen († 1946)
• Alberdina VELD, Hoogeveen († 1911)
• Albert Herman Thiadens, Groningen († 1937)
• Albertje Zandbergen, Ambt Vollenhove († 1965)

• Arie Kouwenhoven (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• Adrianus Tijssen (0), Beverwijk (Noord-Holland)
• Anna maria Pluimen (29), Swalmen, Nederland
• Carel Christiaan van Eeden (74), Haarlem
• Ann Grantham (90), Robeson, North Carolina, United States
• Aimé Raphaël Isaac Lippmann (60), Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
• "Ferdinand" Maria Ignaz Alois Felix Franz von Attems (68), Graz, Autriche
• Adriaan Adrianus van Esch (73), Roosendaal
• Anna Francisca Huybrechts (69), Oorderen
• Anna Oosterveer (0), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1870 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland († 1956)
• 1871 » Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer († 1950)
• 1874 » Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician, 1st President of Israel († 1952)
• 1874 » Charles A. Beard, American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School († 1948)
• 1875 » Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast († 1962)
• 1877 » Katharine Anthony, American biographer († 1965)
• 1878 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach († 1969)
• 1878 » Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian poet and critic († 1948)
• 1885 » Daniel Mendaille, French actor († 1963)
• 1885 » Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright († 1944)

• 1852 » Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)
• 1875 » Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)
• 1881 » Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)
• 1884 » Fanny Elssler, Austrian ballerina (b. 1810)
• 1895 » Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1899 » Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician, 10th President of the Swiss Council of States (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Clement Studebaker, American businessman, co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)
• 1908 » Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1827)
• 1916 » Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)
• 1919 » Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)

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.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• 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.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on November 27, 1878 was about 10.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.