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• Albert Gerritsz BOTTINGA, Oudehorne, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Kloosterman, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Peek, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Albertje Jager, Veenwouden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Peterse, Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 1878)
• Adrianus (2) Peterse, Werkhoven († 1878)
• Adela Emma Ognibeni († 1937)
• Alida Petronella Kaptein, Rotterdam († 1950)
• van der Valk, Hof van Delft ZH (wijk 3, nummer 2) († 1918)
• Alberdina Bulthuis, Oldehove († 1897)

• Andries Enders (50), Graft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alegonda Adams Burghardt, Sappemeer, Nederland
• Alfred Fuller (63), Vernon, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Ettema (0), Idzega
• Adriana Johanna van Doorn (22), Utrecht
• Adrianus Martinus Zeylemaker (0)
• Adriana van Randeraat (0), Nieuwkoop, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alegonda (Jacob Joestens Bodewes) Burghardt (82), Sappemeer, Groningen, Netherlands
• ADRIANUS GHYS (72), Schilde
• Abraham Van Rossen (2), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1875 » Albert Marquet, French painter († 1947)
• 1877 » Oscar Grégoire, Belgian water polo player and swimmer († 1947)
• 1878 » Kathleen Scott, British sculptor († 1947)
• 1879 » Edward Steichen, Luxembourger-American painter and photographer († 1973)
• 1879 » Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager († 1929)
• 1879 » Sándor Garbai, Hungarian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary († 1947)
• 1881 » Arkady Averchenko, Russian playwright and satirist († 1925)
• 1882 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist († 1965)
• 1883 » Marie Under, Estonian author and poet († 1980)
• 1884 » Gordon Thomson, English rower and lieutenant († 1953)

• 1864 » Jean-Jacques Ampère, French philologist and academic (b. 1800)
• 1869 » James Harper, American publisher and politician, 65th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
• 1875 » Edgar Quinet, French historian and academic (b. 1803)
• 1875 » Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Peruvian soldier and politician, President of Peru (b. 1808)
• 1878 » George Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the Albert Memorial and St Mary's Cathedral (b. 1811)
• 1886 » Henry Taylor, English poet and playwright (b. 1800)
• 1889 » John Bright, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
• 1898 » Syed Ahmad Khan, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
• 1900 » Joseph A. Campbell, American businessman, founded the Campbell Soup Company (b. 1817)

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.
• 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.
• July 13 » Treaty of Berlin: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman Empire.
• December 18 » The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.
• 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 March 27, 1878 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.