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• Anna Elisabeth Josina SWAAGMAN, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1939)
• Adrianus Butter, Heemskerk († 1943)
• Adriaan Ansems, Made en Drimmelen († 1941)
• Albert Koning, Dwingeloo
• Aaltjen Jansen, Wierden († 1899)
• Albertus van Beek, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL
• Agenita Catharina Geertruida ISENDOORN, Dordrecht
• Aaltje Groot, Winkel († 1925)
• Adriana van Os, Hedel († 1955)
• Abeline Marie Delrue, Wervik West-Vlaanderen

• Adrianus Mensen (80), Oudenbosch, Oudenbosch, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Ellen (30), Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Amelia Haulez (0), Clinge
• Anna Maria Lutgens (0), Schimmert, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Catharina (76), Bethulie, Cape, South Africa
• Anna Margriet Suilen (74), Herten (Ool)
• Albertine Lassche (54), Vollenhove, Nederland
• Adriana van de Laarschot (0), Vught(NB)
• Adriana QUIK (92), Bergen op Zoom, 3315, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Bongaerts (64), Rotterdam

• 1866 » Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer († 1902)
• 1868 » Maxim Gorky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1936)
• 1871 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch-Swiss conductor († 1951)
• 1873 » John Geiger, American rower († 1956)
• 1878 » Abraham Walkowitz, Russian-American painter († 1965)
• 1879 » Terence MacSwiney, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; Lord Mayor of Cork († 1920)
• 1881 » Martin Sheridan, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper († 1918)
• 1884 » Angelos Sikelianos, Greek poet and playwright († 1951)
• 1886 » Gustave Mesny, French general († 1945)
• 1890 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1967)

• 1865 » Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp, Dutch scholar and critic (b. 1786)
• 1866 » Solomon Foot, American lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1868 » James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1797)
• 1870 » George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
• 1874 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1795)
• 1881 » Modest Mussorgsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1839)
• 1893 » Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (b. 1824)
• 1900 » Piet Joubert, South African soldier and politician (b. 1831 or 1834)
• 1910 » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1917 » Albert Pinkham Ryder, American painter (b. 1847)

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 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• 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.
• November 17 » First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.

The temperature on March 28, 1878 was about 2.9 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.