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• Aaltje Bronk, Buurmalsen († 1880)
• Amelia Koch, Cleveland, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1946)
• Albertus Leenards, Amersfoort
• Albert Siekman, Startenhuizen, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland († 1932)
• Aalzen Adema, Terwispel, gem. Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1899)
• Alida Maria Ruhe, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphina Petronella Prins, Pekalongan (NOI) († 1952)
• Anna Adeline Kempker, Marys Home, Miller, Missouri († 1962)
• Adriana van der Wel, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1903)
• Aaltje Tiddes Blaauw, Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1880)

• Catharina Elisabeth Snoeck (64), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bonne Bonnema (48), 't Zandt, Zeerijp, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Koole (80), Colijnsplaat
• Anna Maria Bisschops (74), Voerendaal, Limburg, Netherlands
• Bastiaan Goudriaan (51), Streefkerk
• Aleida Nijhuis (65), Hengelo, 7550, Nederland
• Claud Francis HAMILTON (0), London England U.K
• Agatha van den Doel (67), Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Coenradus Johannes van BRUMMEN (48), Zwolle, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Pieterse Koole (80), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1873 » Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator († 1959)
• 1874 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress († 1944)
• 1875 » Francis Aveling, Canadian psychologist and priest († 1941)
• 1875 » Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal († 1955)
• 1876 » Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1876 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan († 1948)
• 1878 » Joseph M. Schenck, Russian-American film producer († 1961)
• 1878 » Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Chevrolet († 1941)
• 1878 » Noël, Countess of Rothes, philanthropist, social leader and heroine of Titanic disaster († 1956)
• 1883 » Hugo Bergmann, Czech-Israeli philosopher and academic († 1975)

• 1824 » Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
• 1875 » Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)

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.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• 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.
• 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 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

The temperature on December 25, 1878 was about -2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.