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• Aafje Geus, Den Burg
• Aaltje Visser, Bottrop, Duitsland
• Amandus Croes, Hasselt, België († 1930)
• Andreas Loehr, Maastricht († 1879)
• Albert Stappenbeld, Lemelerveld († 1966)
• Aagje Mosselman, Middelharnis († 1905)
• (Stillborn) FOLKERS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1878)
• Agnes van Seters, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1879)
• Adriaan Rodenburg, Vrijenban
• Adéle Dusseldorp, Amsterdam († 1950)

• Albertus (twin) Kuus (0), Vleuten
• Agnitha Rouw (43), Heteren(Driel)
• Alida Straatman (37), Zaandam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Verwee (71), Zwijnaarde, Belgium
• Albertus Kuus (0), Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltien Jans Nijkoops (27), Gees Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aalfeliena Aalfs (24), Bedum (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Aaltje Leusink (65), Ermelo-Staverden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Richerts (6), Steenderen
• Aalt Krajenhof (79), Harderwijk

• 1869 » Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer († 1922)
• 1871 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece († 1941)
• 1874 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1940)
• 1880 » Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist († 1911)
• 1883 » Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor († 1959)
• 1883 » Imogen Cunningham, American photographer and educator († 1976)
• 1884 » Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1884 » Tenby Davies, Welsh runner († 1932)
• 1885 » Robert Delaunay, French painter († 1941)
• 1887 » Harold Lockwood, American actor and director († 1918)

• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)

• 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 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
• February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
• March 15 » Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy, broken off back in 1603.
• July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.

The temperature on April 12, 1878 was about 11.8 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.