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• Adriana Lambrechts, Wortel, Provincie Antwerpen († 1878)
• Dijkmans, Haarlem († 1878)
• Kniest
• Anna Machtildis Spijkers, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
• Aart Romeijn, giessendam (zuid holland) († 1972)
• Adriana Jozina Voogdt, Groede († 1959)
• Aldegonda Maria te Raaij, Netterden (Gendringen) († 1944)
• Andries Bouhuis, Haskerland
• Aardina Pieters van Mourik, Leeuwarden († 1939)
• , Didam (Didam, GLD, NL) († 1896)

• Age Jacobs de JONG (57), Nes, West-Dongeradiel, Dongeradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Leenders (1), Schiedam The Netherlands
• Alexander DEGUELLE (55), Vaals, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Martinus Pijnenburg (56), haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Sommen (35), Wortel, Provincie Antwerpen
• Aaltje (Boois) Booij (0), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van der Vooren (1), Moordrecht
• Angeniete Klazes Jellema (3), Gorredijk, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Duivenvoorde(n) (0), haarlemmermeer
• Anna Lammers (0), Rotterdam

• 1876 » 13th Dalai Lama († 1933)
• 1877 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded Renault († 1944)
• 1880 » George Preca, Maltese priest and saint († 1962)
• 1880 » John L. Lewis, American miner and union leader († 1969)
• 1881 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina and actress († 1931)
• 1882 » Walter Nash, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1968)
• 1884 » Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American author († 1980)
• 1884 » Johan Laidoner, Estonian-Russian general († 1953)
• 1884 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter († 1957)
• 1884 » Max Beckmann, German painter and sculptor († 1950)

• 1834 » Friedrich Schleiermacher, German philosopher and scholar (b. 1768)
• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 3 » Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in the River Thames.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on February 12, 1878 was about 4.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.