About the day » Wednesday March 20, 1878Calender converter

• Albert Dirksz Ras, Urk († 1943)
• Adam Engelbertus WESTGEEST, Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1920)
• Saman, Rilland-Bath († 1878)
• Louis Plas, Aalst, OVld, Be
• Albert Schrander, Den Helder, Nederland († 1945)
• Janssen, Middelaar, Limburg, Netherlands († 1878)
• Albert Derks, Alphen (Appeltern), NL († 1942)
• achille URBAIN, Wasmes (Belgium)
• Aartje de Wit, Colijnsplaat († 1878)
• Adriana Dirkje de Vree, Utrecht

• Amelie Everaert (59), Hooglede (België)
• Anna Cornelia Meermans (38), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina SEGERS (31), Pamel,1760,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Adriana Knoop (41), Reeuwijk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Saman (0), Rilland-Bath
• Anna Constantia DE CONINCK (72), Westende
• Aaltje Lagerweij (62), Doorn, Utrecht, Netherlands
• (Johan) Henrich Ligges Mulder (Moeller) (64), Aduard
• (Stillborn) SISSING (0), Oldenzijl (Uithuizermeeden) Groningen Netherlands
• Aaltje Brandsma (1), Marum

• 1870 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general († 1964)
• 1874 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet and activist († 1945)
• 1876 » Payne Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1927)
• 1879 » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist († 1960)
• 1882 » Harold Weber, American golfer († 1933)
• 1882 » René Coty, French lawyer and politician, 17th President of France († 1962)
• 1884 » John Jensen, Australian public servant († 1970)
• 1884 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher († 1966)
• 1885 » Vernon Ransford, Australian cricketer († 1958)
• 1888 » Amanda Clement, American baseball player, umpire, and educator († 1971)

• 1849 » James Justinian Morier, Turkish-English author and diplomat (b. 1780)
• 1855 » Joseph Aspdin, English businessman (b. 1788)
• 1865 » Yamanami Keisuke, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
• 1874 » Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (b. 1810)
• 1878 » Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian lawyer, journalist and politician (b. 1802)
• 1897 » Apollon Maykov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1821)
• 1899 » Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Friedrich Amelung, Estonian historian and businessman (b. 1842)
• 1918 » Lewis A. Grant, American general and lawyer (b. 1828)

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.
• January 28 » Yale Daily News becomes the first independent daily college newspaper in the United States.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on March 20, 1878 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.