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• Anna Elisabeth Schmit, Amsterdam († 1881)
• Anna Alberts van der Wijk, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove († 1880)
• Albert Wiers van der Deure, Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Achille Marinus Maria van den Kerkhof, Alphen en Riel
• Aldert Wijbes van der Schaaf, Giekerk (Tietjerksteradeel), Nederland
• Adriana van der Heijde, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1881)
• Anna Helena De Vries, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1925)
• Albertus Stefanus Veen, Steenwijk
• albert wiers van der Deure, Hauwert († 1952)
• Aartje van der Horst, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland

• Adriaan Gerrit Zijlmans (43), Vrijhoeve-Capelle
• adianus VRIJLANDT (66), oudenhoorn
• Anje Kornelis Kuiper (48), Farmsum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Angelina Francisca Maertens (77), Melle
• Adrianus Vrijland (66), Oudenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Klaasse de JONG (91), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Antje Jans Ophuis (49), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Maat (87), Lange Ruige Weide
• Anthonius Boetekees (0), Abcoude-Proostdij
• Arnold Janssen (59)

• 1865 » Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) († 1915)
• 1867 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria († 1940)
• 1868 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1953)
• 1875 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor († 1964)
• 1875 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach († 1945)
• 1875 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian-Swiss poet and author († 1926)
• 1881 » Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal († 1944)
• 1882 » Constance Davey, Australian psychologist († 1963)
• 1883 » Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright († 1969)
• 1884 » R. C. Majumdar, Indian historian († 1980)

• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)

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.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• June 10 » League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
• 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.

The temperature on December 4, 1878 was about 3.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.