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• Abraham Janse, Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL († 1878)
• Anna Catharina Johanna Bakkernes, Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1953)
• Abigael Vleeskruijer, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam Holland († 1943)
• Annie Isabell McDonald, Scio, Linn County, Oregon, United States († 1969)
• Anna maria venix, Rotterdam († 1945)
• Stek, Kedichem (Leerdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1878)
• Albert Noah GRACE, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1878)
• Abraham Johannes Bernardus van Schuilenburg († 1957)
• Angelina Engels, Herenthout
• Anna Maria Ludovica Franckx, Lier, België

• Albert Arends Witholt (66)
• Adrianus Marinus de Laat (0), Vlijmen
• Abraham Stofkooper (34), Lonneker
• Anna Gertrudis Vos (64), Echt
• Adriana van Beek (80), Utrecht
• Anna Theresia de Vries (0), Leeuwarden
• Antoinetta (Antonia) RENIERS (60), Tervuren (B)
• Aagje Goris (85), Zegwaart, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
• Adriana Remijnse (61), Kruiningen (61jr)
• Stek (0), Kedichem (Leerdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1868 » Anna Hofman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director († 1947)
• 1868 » W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist († 1963)
• 1873 » Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar († 1929)
• 1874 » Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia († 1956)
• 1878 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist († 1935)
• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)

• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)

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.
• February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
• February 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

The temperature on February 23, 1878 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.