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• Alida Scholten, Utrecht († 1961)
• Adrianus Hubertus van der Heijden, Vlijmen († 1968)
• Adriana Stekelbos, Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Brederode, Noordwijk († 1957)
• Akke Toornstra, Dockum + akte († 1959)
• Alida Maria Janmaat, Vinkeveen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agatha van Os, Vlaardingen († 1880)
• Anje Kluin, Usquert, Groningen, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriaan Jacob de Waal, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1954)
• Albertus Kuiper, Kampen († 1943)

• Antonie SCHEPERMAN (74), Kring van Dorth, Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hiddes Korenstra (73), Wymbritseradeel
• Aaltje Hendriks Kamminga (78), Kloosterveen, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks KAMMINGA (78), Kloosterveen (Assen) Drenthe Netherlands
• "Charles" Louis Marie du Crest (56), Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire, France
• Adriana Teunisdr. van Houwelingen (72), Hardinxveld
• Andries Adrianus Driessen (0), Brummen Gld. NL
• Adrianus Cornelis Vissenberg (3), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Voskens (71), Tilburg, Nederland
• Antonij Scheperman (74), Kring van Dorth (Gorssel)

• 1872 » Clara Butt, English opera singer († 1936)
• 1872 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician († 1949)
• 1873 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1901)
• 1874 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1929)
• 1878 » Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer and architect, designed the Grand Hotel Aranybika († 1955)
• 1878 » Milan Hodža, Slovak journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia († 1944)
• 1881 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer († 1966)
• 1882 » Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada († 1973)
• 1884 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player and physician († 1949)
• 1884 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author († 1937)

• 1832 » Archibald Murphey, American judge and politician (b. 1777)
• 1851 » Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)

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 9 » Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 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.
• May 14 » The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.
• May 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• October 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• 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 February 1, 1878 was about 3.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.