About the day » Monday March 18, 1878Calender converter

• Albertje Ketelaar, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adele Hoiman
• Alice May Snider, Vaughan, York, Ontario, Canada († 1932)
• Alida Cornelia Maria Josephina van Zeijl, Schiedam,Gemeente Schiedam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adriana Pronk, Scheveningen († 1954)
• Adriaan De Lijon, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriana Johanna Helena Overing, Breda († 1955)
• Albert MEIJER, Emlichheim, Niedersachsen, Duitsland († 1950)
• Adriana Dirkje de Vree, Utrecht, UT Netherlands († 1965)
• Abraham "Abi" Baron, Zhitomir, Zhytomyr, Ukraine (Russian Territory)

• Angela Eulings (84), Tilburg
• Aart Klaas Buijs (2), Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie KLOET Pzn (51), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Moerdijk, NL-NB
• Anna Hubertina Verstraeten (0), Wessem
• Arent Reinders (51), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Mulder (30), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Teunissen (58), Wehl
• Andre Hoek (2), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Theresia van Rijn (0), Utrecht
• Antoon Ulijn, Alem, Maren en Kessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1869 » Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1940)
• 1870 » Agnes Sime Baxter, Canadian mathematician († 1917)
• 1874 » Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian-French philosopher and theologian († 1948)
• 1877 » Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and engineer († 1945)
• 1877 » Edgar Cayce, American mystic and psychic († 1945)
• 1878 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman († 1956)
• 1882 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator († 1973)
• 1884 » Bernard Cronin, English-Australian journalist and author († 1968)
• 1886 » Edward Everett Horton, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1970)
• 1890 » Henri Decoin, French director and screenwriter († 1969)

• 1823 » Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian politician and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1845 » Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and missionary (b. 1774)
• 1871 » Augustus De Morgan, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1806)
• 1898 » Matilda Joslyn Gage, American author and activist (b. 1826)
• 1900 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1913 » George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, American architect, designed the Plaza Hotel (b. 1847)
• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)

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 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 3 » The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• March 24 » The British frigate HMSEurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.

The temperature on March 18, 1878 was about 6.7 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.