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• Alphonsus Paulus Benthein, Oostende
• Anna Beolina van OSS, Vierlingsbeek († 1944)
• Anna Piels, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Philippo, Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Eldora Hoover, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• Aaltje Loef, Nieuwveen
• Anna Beolina van Oss, Vierlingsbeek, N-Br. NL († 1944)
• Anna Maria Smout, Rijsbergen († 1953)
• Anthonia Rebekka Appelman, Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Henriette van der Mandele, Delft,Gemeente Delft,South Holland,Netherlands

• de Rover, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van WESTING (0), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart de Kruijff (80), Amersfoort
• Alida Hille (5), Alkmaar
• Anneke Klases Gerbensma (45), Beets, Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anneke Klaasd Gerbensma (45), Beets, opsterland.fr.nld
• Antje Wybes de Jong (62), Huizum (Leeuwarden), Friesland, Nederland
• Anna (Antje) POST (74), Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Philippen (67), Susteren
• Anna Christina Hendriks (0), Ubbergen

• 1870 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician († 1925)
• 1873 » Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner († 1935)
• 1879 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach († 1963)
• 1881 » George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist († 1961)
• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)
• 1890 » Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator († 1977)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• March 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.

The temperature on November 5, 1878 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.