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• Adrianus van der Sloot, Noordwijkerhout, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Alberta Willemina Sprokholt, Terwolde (gem. Voorst) († 1951)
• Angelina GEERAERTS, Westerlo, 2260, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
• Adriaan Willem Bakx, Oosterhout († 1878)
• Alida Frederika Slof, Den Haag
• Adrianus Johannes Lambertus van Bladel, 's Hertogenbosch († 1959)
• Alfred Bruno Hans Byk, Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany († 1942)
• Adrianus van Kwawegen, Kralingen († 1878)
• Maria Johanna Zijlmans, Geertruidenberg († 1878)
• Aaltje Weijenberg, Twello (gem.Voorst) († 1929)

• Amanda Adaline Worthen (22), Jackson, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Anna catharina Weening (0), Groningen
• Abraham Cornelissen (86), Zaamslag
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• Aaltje van der Hulst (31), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Annigje Jans Doldersum (0), Hoogeveen
• Adrienne Karátsonyi de Karátsonyfalva et Beodra (24), Seregélyes, Hongrie
• Anna Dirkje Pors (0), Hoogvliet
• Adriana Schuurmans (45), Zevenbergen
• Anna Catharina Driesen (71), Sint-Lenaarts

• 1875 » Mihály Károlyi, Hungarian politician, President of the Hungary († 1955)
• 1876 » Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet and author († 1947)
• 1876 » Theodore Hardeen, Hungarian-American magician († 1945)
• 1877 » Alexander Goedicke, Russian pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1877 » Fritz Graebner, German geographer and ethnologist († 1934)
• 1877 » Garrett Morgan, African-American inventor († 1963)
• 1878 » Egbert Van Alstyne, American pianist and songwriter († 1951)
• 1878 » Takeo Arishima, Japanese author and critic († 1923)
• 1879 » Bernhard Kellermann, German author and poet († 1951)
• 1880 » Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic († 1946)

• 1852 » Nikolai Gogol, Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1853 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1774)
• 1853 » Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (b. 1776)
• 1858 » Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander (b. 1794)
• 1864 » Thomas Starr King, American minister and politician (b. 1824)
• 1866 » Alexander Campbell, Irish-American minister and theologian (b. 1788)
• 1872 » Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)
• 1883 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)
• 1903 » Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)

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 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• June 4 » Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
• 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.
• 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.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• 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 4, 1878 was about 5.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.