About the day » Friday November 29, 1878Calender converter

• Amedeus Frederik Van Landeghem, Kruibeke
• Anna Maria Stegers, Westervoort, Gelderland (Nederland)
• Bevaart, abbenbroek († 1878)
• DUBOSQUIELLE, Familleureux, Henegouwen, België
• Aafje SCHOONEMAN, Bovenkarspel, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Zwijgers, Zuid-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Anna Simons Osinga, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1880)
• Aloys Ryckebus, Esen
• KUIS, Frederiksoord (Vledder), Drenthe, Nederland († 1878)
• Zwaga († 1878)

• Aaltjen Helmink (53), Varsseveld
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Keuss (82), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Kikkert (30), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Robertson (72), West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland
• van Dongen (73), Princenhage
• Bevaart (0), abbenbroek
• Alida Petronella Maria van Stralen (0), delfshaven
• Allegonda Verhaagen (65), Deurne en Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Knops (31), Jabeek, Nederland
• ARIE VAN DER WINDT (0), VLAARDINGEN

• 1873 » Suzan Rose Benedict, American mathematician and academic († 1942)
• 1874 » Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1955)
• 1874 » Francis Dodd, Welsh-English painter and academic († 1949)
• 1876 » Nellie Tayloe Ross, American educator and politician, 14th Governor of Wyoming († 1977)
• 1878 » John Derbyshire, English swimmer and water polo player († 1938)
• 1879 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer († 1963)
• 1881 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence († 1957)
• 1881 » Artur Phleps, Romanian-German general († 1944)
• 1882 » Henri Fabre, French pilot and engineer († 1984)
• 1888 » Joe Slater, Australian footballer and captain († 1917)

• 1830 » John Maurice Hauke, Polish general (b. 1775)
• 1846 » Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (b. 1802)
• 1872 » Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
• 1883 » Hiệp Hòa, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1847)
• 1894 » Juan N. Méndez, Mexican general and interim president, 1876-1877 (b. 1820)
• 1918 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (b. 1881)
• 1924 » Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1927 » George Giffen, Australian cricketer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Abdullah Cevdet, Kurdish-Turkish physician and academic (b. 1869)

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.
• January 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on November 29, 1878 was about 4.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.