About the day » Friday March 1, 1878Calender converter

• Evert Braamskamp, Nijeveen († 1878)
• Aagje Bakker, Oudorp
• Agnes Eeltsjes Witteveen, Burgwerd (WÛN), Wûnseradiel, Friesland, Nederland († 1917)
• Abraham Willem Frederik Van der Lof, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Aaltje Hooites, Kostverloren, Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Agnes Eeltjes WITTEVEEN, Burgwerd (Wûnseradiel) Friesland Netherlands († 1917)
• Adrianus TROOST Lzn, Stellendam, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1966)
• Albert Korthuis, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Agema, Den Helder († 1898)
• Aafje Kelderman, Beemster († 1964)

• Anna van Eeuwijk (88), Kerkdriel, Netherlands
• Aleida Harmina Bloemink (32), Gemeente Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus de Kok (0), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonie Stevensz Bos (84), Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina Geertruida Montijn (0), Rotterdam
• Albert Blok (72), Wijk aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• ALBERT VENEMAN (25), ANERVEEN
• Johannes Hubertus Baart (Baert) (37), Hulst
• Anthonie Bos (83), Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Leek (44), Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1870 » E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic († 1944)
• 1876 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman († 1942)
• 1880 » Lytton Strachey, British writer and critic († 1932)
• 1886 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright († 1980)
• 1888 » Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player († 1948)
• 1888 » Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer, outside right († 1949)
• 1889 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher († 1960)
• 1890 » Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author († 2002)
• 1891 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier († 1940)
• 1892 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator († 1927)

• 1841 » Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1764)
• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)

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.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• 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.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on March 1, 1878 was about 11.3 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 45 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.