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• Barend Rodenhuis, Harlingen
• Adriana Hol, Houten/Utr († 1951)
• Albert Boon-, Borger, Nederland († 1881)
• Adrianus Dymphnus (Dijmphnus) Bakx, Bergen op Zoom († 1958)
• (onbekend) van der Giessen, Vuren († 1878)
• Aafien Joosten, Westerdijkshorn, Nederland
• * Levenloos kind Baars, Vianen, Utrecht, NL († 1878)
• Achille ROELENS, Torhout, 31033, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adriana Johanna Geertruida MOLENAAR, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1946)
• Adriana Hol, Houten († 1951)

• Elizabeth van Hoof (83), Oude Tonge
• Albertien (Albertje) Boer (41), Hijkerdijk, Beilen
• Aaltje HUMMEL (0), Hoogersmilde
• Antoinette Le Prévost d'Iray (78)
• Adrianus Johannes Vente (11), Zevenhuizen
• Anna Maria Tillemans (59), Nijmegen
• Aalt van de Pol (0), Hoevelaken
• Annette Geertruida Fredriks (39), Amersfoort
• (n.n.) Baars (0), Vianen
• Anna Reina te Velde (64), Windeweer, Nederland

• 1867 » Patrice Contamine de Latour, Spanish poet († 1926)
• 1877 » Edith New, British militant suffragette († 1951)
• 1877 » Otto Gross, Austrian-German psychoanalyst and philosopher († 1920)
• 1880 » Lawrence Oates, English lieutenant and explorer († 1912)
• 1880 » Patrick Hastings, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 1952)
• 1881 » Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1884 » Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player († 1934)
• 1885 » Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete († 1913)
• 1886 » Princess Patricia of Connaught († 1974)
• 1888 » Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1961)

• 1829 » Sophia Albertina, princess-abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1753)
• 1830 » Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)

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 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 25 » Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore opens at the Opera Comique in London.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• 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.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.

The temperature on March 17, 1878 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.