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• Agatha Geertruida Pirovano, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1879)
• Agatha Geertruida Pirovano, Beverwijk († 1879)
• Aaltje Franc Maria Cuneg van Vliet, Kralingen
• Adrianus Petrus Westgeest, Noordwijk, ZUI, Nederland († 1962)
• Abel Poel, Obergum gem. Winsum († 1896)
• Adriana Agterberg, Vianen, Vijfheerenlanden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1947)
• Aaltje Brouwer, Zwartsluis, prov. Overijssel
• (Stillbirth) ROZEMA, Oldehove († 1878)
• Adolf Seidner, T.Mera, Ungarn († 1902)
• Aaltje Francina Maria Cunegunda Jans van VLIET, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aartje van Kooij (79), Soest
• Anna Netten (59), Raamsdonk
• Adrianus Man In 't Veld (0), Vlaardinger-Ambacht, 3135, Nederland
• Andries Klaas VAN TIL (68), Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van de Graaff (67), Heeswijk, NL
• Adriana van de Graaf (67), Heeswijk
• Angeline Thomas (71), Washington, Alabama, United States
• Antje Schoen (59), Heiloo, Nederland
• Anne Andries van den Bos (1), Wijnjeterp
• ADRIANUS MAN IN'T VELD (0), VLAARDINGER-AMBACHT

• 1872 » Alexander Roda Roda, Austrian-Croatian journalist and author († 1945)
• 1872 » John Cameron, Scottish international footballer and manager († 1935)
• 1873 » John W. Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Solicitor General († 1955)
• 1875 » Ray Lyman Wilbur, American physician, academic, and politician, 31st United States Secretary of the Interior († 1949)
• 1879 » Edward Bruce, American lawyer and painter († 1943)
• 1879 » Oswald Bruce Cooper, American type designer, lettering artist, graphic designer, and educator († 1940)
• 1880 » Charles Christie, Canadian-American businessman, co-founded the Christie Film Company († 1955)
• 1885 » György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher and critic († 1971)
• 1885 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, Head of State of Estonia († 1942)
• 1885 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player († 1964)

• 1853 » James Iredell, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of North Carolina (b. 1788)
• 1853 » Leopold Gmelin, German chemist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1855 » Henry De la Beche, English geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1796)
• 1868 » Tewodros II of Ethiopia (b. 1818)
• 1880 » Robert Fortune, Scottish botanist and author (b. 1813)
• 1882 » Bruno Bauer, German historian and philosopher (b. 1809)
• 1886 » John Humphrey Noyes, American religious leader, founded the Oneida Community (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Samuel J. Randall, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1828)
• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
• 1909 » Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)

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 19 » Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 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 15 » The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
• October 22 » The Bramall Lane stadium sees the first rugby match played under floodlights.
• 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 April 13, 1878 was about 17.2 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%.