About the day » Monday December 16, 1878Calender converter

• Abraham van der Glas, Leiden († 1958)
• Adriana Helena Goossens, Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands († 1952)
• Aalbert van Holland, Ede († 1964)
• Adriana Cornelia ?, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Louws, Culemborg (GL)
• Aalbert van Holland, Ede {GE}
• Adelaide Pereira Vianna, Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1954)
• Abraham Hubertus van den Akker, Stompwijk
• Adriana van Woerden, Vrijenban († 1969)
• Achilles Emmanuel De Wolf, Hamme

• Antje Gaatzes Douma (38), Twijzel
• Abraham Risseeuw (53), Retranchement, Zeeland, NL
• ANNA MARIA BREUGELMANS (76), Geel
• Anna Elisabeth Breuls (67), Margraten, Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Adriana Anna Henrica van der Velden (28), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Lenten (5), Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen)
• Antje Ypes Zondervan (30), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Almira Henrietta Murdock (49), Beaver, Beaver, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Hansler (3), Schiedam
• Antonia van Santen, Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1869 » Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer († 1943)
• 1869 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian physician and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization († 1952)
• 1872 » Anton Denikin, Russian general († 1947)
• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1882 » Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer († 1974)
• 1882 » Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer, conductor, and musicologist († 1967)
• 1883 » Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician († 1977)
• 1883 » Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1925)
• 1884 » John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1884 » Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor († 1987)

• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

• 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.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
• November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

The temperature on December 16, 1878 was about 0.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.