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• Akke Feddes de Wolf, Indyk († 1964)
• Afke Lentz, Workum, Friesland, Nederland († 1966)
• Aart Roeland Bronkhorst, Zutphen († 1961)
• Adrianus de Vries, Goes († 1910)
• Adriaantje van der Werf, Oosterland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1880)
• Akke DE WOLFF, Wymbritseradeel(Friesland)
• Amanda Lauzon, Buckingham, 1654530, Quebec, Canada († 1889)
• Aeilko Landman, Woldendorp (Termunten) († 1878)
• Andreas Franciscus Eppink, Megchelen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1924)
• Aaltje Rinzes Reiding, Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland († 1966)

• AALTJE BERENDS (73), Apeldoorn
• Aaltjen Berends (73), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aldegonda Driessen (64), Horst, Li.NL
• Aaltje Berends van Loenen (73), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amable Antoine Jacques Emmanuel de Crussol d'Uzès (38), Paris
• Abel Cloos (78), Chatham, Tioga, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Eduard Olmeijer (1), Koetel, Bandjirmasin, Borneo, Indonesia
• Aaltjen Berends (van Loenen) (73), Apeldoorn, Gld, Nederland
• Alida Franse BRUIN (72), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Alida Maria van Eeuwijk (5), Hillegom

• 1864 » James Allen, English author and poet († 1912)
• 1864 » Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War († 1932)
• 1866 » Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial († 1924)
• 1876 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer († 1946)
• 1880 » Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright († 1921)
• 1881 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist († 1942)
• 1887 » Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician († 1934)
• 1891 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician († 1949)
• 1891 » Mabel Alvarez, American painter († 1985)
• 1894 » Brooks Atkinson, American theatre critic († 1984)

• 1852 » Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)
• 1852 » Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)
• 1859 » Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (b. 1783)
• 1870 » Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1873 » Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808)
• 1878 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)
• 1891 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)
• 1901 » Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)

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.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 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.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.

The temperature on November 28, 1878 was about 9.0 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.