About the day » Friday December 27, 1878Calender converter

• Alphonsius Franciscus Creuwels, Meerssen, Nederland († 1915)
• Agnes Elizabeth "Libbie" Calderwood, Coalville, Summit, Utah, Verenigde Staten († 1955)
• Aagje STAM, Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Alida Geertruida Strik, Loosduinen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Rollema, Wymbritseradeel
• Adèle Kilian, Batavia
• Aaltje van Veen, Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1915)
• van der Stroom, Haarlemmermeer
• Aaltje van Loon, St. Annaparochie (Sint-Anne), Friesland, Nederland († 1945)
• Aaltje Middelkoop, oud alblas (zuid holland) († 1945)

• ANNA BORST (72), KETHEL EN SPALAND
• Adolf Boumans (74), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Anna Borst (72), Kethel en Spaland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Vlist (5), Lopik
• Adriaan de Pagter (65), Middelburg
• Anna Maria Quax (0), Den Helder
• Aaltje Olinga (7), Borgsweer
• Anna Maria Fischer (67)
• "Reijnoutje" Biemsdr Vlaming (92), Oost (Texel)
• Adriana van Dongen (86), Made en Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1858 » Juan Luis Sanfuentes, Chilean lawyer and politician, 17th President of Chile († 1930)
• 1863 » Louis Lincoln Emmerson, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of Illinois († 1941)
• 1864 » Hermann-Paul, French painter and illustrator († 1940)
• 1879 » Sydney Greenstreet, English-American actor († 1954)
• 1883 » Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1888 » Thea von Harbou, German actress, director, and screenwriter († 1954)
• 1892 » Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian captain and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright († 1977)
• 1896 » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist († 1956)
• 1896 » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist († 1952)

• 1834 » Charles Lamb, English essayist and poet (b. 1775)
• 1836 » Stephen F. Austin, American soldier and politician (b. 1793)
• 1858 » Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French pianist and composer (b. 1785)
• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)

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 16 » Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Battle of Philippopolis: Captain Aleksandr Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 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.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on December 27, 1878 was about 3.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.