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• Alida van Tol, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1960)
• Adrianus Brabander, Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Abel Zeef, Eenrum (gem. De Marne) († 1936)
• Aart Wonink, Heerde (Wapenveld), Nederland († 1945)
• Abe Theunis Mulder, Oldeboorn († 1945)
• Adolphine Sophia Louisa Perre, Schiedam
• ADRIANUS POT, ALKMAAR († 1951)
• Albertus (Ab) Gerardus Versteeg, Zeist († 1932)
• Aalt (Albert) Drost, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1960)
• Alida Brigitha Vroom, Veendam, Nederland († 1918)

• Anna Adelheid Tholen (53), De Maten
• Anna Adelheid (Johann Heinrich Groenhage) Tholen (53), Emmen Maten
• Auke (Doedes) Faber (64), Harlingen, Nederland
• Antje Hanzes de Jong (80), Hoornsterzwaag
• Anje Sijbrands' Oosterhof (76), Bedum
• ?? Zöllner (0), Rotterdam
• Antje Hanzes De Jong (80), Hoornsterzwaag
• Ate Durks Tillema (66), Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Simons (1), Ubach Over Worms (L
• Anna Adelheid Tholen (53), Emmen Maten

• 1870 » Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer († 1938)
• 1873 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer († 1938)
• 1876 » Fritz Buelow, German-American baseball player and umpire († 1933)
• 1879 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist († 1949)
• 1880 » Dimitrie Gusti, Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and philosopher († 1955)
• 1881 » Eleanor Farjeon, Jewish-English author, poet, and playwright († 1965)
• 1883 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager († 1947)
• 1883 » Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Russian-Armenian actor and director († 1922)
• 1884 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company († 1961)
• 1885 » Bess Truman, American wife of Harry S. Truman, 35th First Lady of the United States († 1982)

• 1831 » Edward Berry, English admiral (b. 1768)
• 1837 » Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1809)
• 1845 » Henrik Steffens, Norwegian-German philosopher and poet (b. 1773)
• 1877 » Costache Caragiale, Romanian actor and manager (b. 1815)
• 1883 » Richard Wagner, German composer (b. 1813)
• 1888 » Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1892 » Provo Wallis, Canadian-English admiral (b. 1791)
• 1893 » Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Mexican intellectual and journalist (b. 1834)
• 1905 » Konstantin Savitsky, Russian painter (b. 1844)
• 1906 » Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter (b. 1866)

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.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• 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.
• 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 13, 1878 was about -1.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.